Hooting

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hoot \Hoot\ (h[=oo]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hooted}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Hooting}.] [OE. hoten, houten, huten; cf. OSw. huta,
     Sw. huta ut to take one up sharply, fr. Sw. hut interj.,
     begone! cf. also W. hwt off! off with it! away! hoot!]
     1. To cry out or shout in contempt.
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              Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     2. To make the peculiar cry of an owl.
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              The clamorous owl that nightly hoots. --Shak.
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