hooter en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree English hoot Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English hooter From hoot + -er.
Meanings
- A person who hoots.
- The horn in a motor vehicle.
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(UK) A siren or steam whistle, especially one in a factory and used to indicate the beginning or the end of a working day or shift.
When the right-away was given, Driver Gibson would give a sonorous blast on Cardean's deep-toned hooter, and amid a flurry of swirling steam the train would move majestically out, with nearly half the city of Carlisle—or so it would appear—as onlookers on the platform.
1945 May and June, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, page 152:Suddenly, far down and beyond the toun there came a screech as the morning grew, a screech like an hungered beast in pain. The hooters were blowing in the Segget Mills.
1933, Lewis Grassic Gibbon, Cloud Howe, page 34:A chime whistle, presented to the L.M.S.R. by American model railway enthusiasts in 1939, is installed now as a works hooter at Crewe Works, as its height precludes its use on a British locomotive.
1946 September and October, “Notes and News: Locomotive Whistle Gift”, in Railway Magazine, page 322:
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(slang) A nose, especially a large one.
Somebody yelled, ‘You bit off a bloke’s nose in Ireland.’ The story was that I’d amputated his hooter.
2014, Vinnie Jones, It's Been Emotional, page 118:Shouldn't worry me, I thought, but sure enough, 20 seconds later the smell of wafting cigarette smoke drifts over the back of my seat and up my hooter.
1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 36:Aye, it may be a joke to you, but it's his nose. He can't help having a hideous great hooter! And his poor little head, trembling under the weight of it!
1964, A Hard Day's Night, spoken by Grandfather (Wilfrid Brambell):
- An owl.
- (US, especially, plural-normally, slang) A woman's breast.
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(slang) A penis.
He called it “Hooterville,” mainly because he was such a fan of Petticoat Junction, and he really enjoyed getting his hooter worked on.
2006, Eric Mawson, Oil and Vinegar: A Conscripted Soldier in the Vietnam War:There, nestled in one of her gloved palms was a massive, blue-veined hooter with a pus-filled bump on it the size of a pecan. It was his hooter and his pus-filled bump. ¶ “You ole rascal,” she said, and gently lowered his dick between his legs.
1994, Joe R. Lansdale, Bubba Ho-Tep, page 23:
- (slang) A large cannabis cigarette.
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(dated, in the negative) The tiniest amount; a whit or jot.
G.G. understood that I meant the licence, and said he didn't care a hooter about failing his driving test.
1969, Jerzy Peterkiewicz, Green Flows the Bile, page 25:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| hooters | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
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Translations (34)
cmn 喇叭 (horn of a motor vehicle) · de Hupe fl (horn of a motor vehicle) · sh sìfōn (slang: breast) · cs koza (slang: breast) · it clacson (horn of a motor vehicle) · ja 警音器 (horn of a motor vehicle) · ja 警笛 (horn of a motor vehicle) · ru сире́на (horn of a motor vehicle) · de Hupe (slang: breast) · fr klaxon (horn of a motor vehicle) · ru клаксо́н (horn of a motor vehicle) · nl claxon (horn of a motor vehicle) · ja クラクション (horn of a motor vehicle) · gd dùdach (horn of a motor vehicle) · nl pram (slang: breast) · cs klakson (horn of a motor vehicle) · fr robert (slang: breast) · ko 경적 (horn of a motor vehicle) · ru гудо́к (horn of a motor vehicle) · fr nichon (slang: breast) · ko 클락션 (horn of a motor vehicle) · hu duda (slang: breast) · hu duda (horn of a motor vehicle) · ru кла́ксон (horn of a motor vehicle) · bg ци́ци (slang: breast) · pl klakson (horn of a motor vehicle) · bg кла́ксон (horn of a motor vehicle) · ru си́ська (slang: breast) · sh сѝфо̄н (slang: breast) · ar بُوق (horn of a motor vehicle) · el κόρνα (horn of a motor vehicle) · nl tiet (slang: breast) · ja ホーン (horn of a motor vehicle) · sk klaksón (horn of a motor vehicle)