hoot
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a loud raucous cry (as of an owl)
Types & categories
- cry hypernym
Sense 2 verb
to utter a loud clamorous shout
the toughs and blades of the city hoot and bang their drums, drink arak, play dice, and dance
Types & categories
- let out hypernym
- pant-hoot hyponym
- grunt-hoot hyponym
Related & opposite
- automobile horn derivation
- boo derivation
Sense 3 noun
a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
Types & categories
- cry hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
utter the characteristic sound of owls
Types & categories
- let out hypernym
Related & opposite
- owl derivation
Sense 5 noun
something of little value
his promise is not worth a damn
Types & categories
- worthlessness hypernym
Related & opposite
- icky derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | cry |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | automobile horn |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | boo |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | let out |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pant-hoot |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | grunt-hoot |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | twit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | boo |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hoot |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | snort |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | hiss |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | siss |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cry |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | owl |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | let out |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | icky |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | worthlessness |