Tra từ hoot - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

hoot [hoot hoots hooted hooting] verb, noun BrE [huːt] NAmE [huːt]
verb
1. intransitive to make a loud noise
•He had the audience hooting with laughter.
•Some people hooted in disgust.
•The crowd hooted and cheered.
2. intransitive, transitive (BrE)if a car horn hoots or you hoot or hoot the horn, the horn makes a loud noise
Syn: ↑honk
•hooting cars
•~ at sb/sth Why did he hoot at me?
•~ sth Passing motorists hooted their horns.
•The train hooted a warning (= the driver sounded the horn to warn people).
3. intransitive when an ↑owl hoots, it makes a long calling sound
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘make sounds of derision’): perhaps imitative.

Example Bank:
•His friends all hooted with laughter.
•The car behind me hooted impatiently.
Idioms: ↑not care a hoot ▪ ↑not care two hoots

noun
1. countable (especially BrE)a short loud laugh or shout
•The suggestion was greeted by hoots of laughter.
2. singular (informal)a situation or a person that you find very funny
•You ought to meet her— she's a hoot!
3. the loud sound made by the horn of a vehicle
4. the cry of an ↑owl

Word Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘make sounds of derision’): perhaps imitative.

Example Bank:
•The film was a real hoot!
•He struggled through his speech while members of the audience interrupted with hoots and jeers.
•The suggestion was greeted by hoots of laughter.