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hoot

verb as in cry

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But if you keep skating, at some point you’ll meet another woman who skates, and then another, and pretty soon you and your “high vibe tribe” won’t give a hoot what anyone thinks.

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When I shared this story with a friend, she gave a small, sympathetic hoot and said, “Do you want to hear how many times I’ve misplaced my phone this week?”

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The audience in Dallas — the city where the comedian began her stand-up career and later set her self-titled network sitcom — hoots and hollers in response.

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A crowd came out waving blue and yellow national flags, cheering as the buses carrying the freed men passed hooting their horns.

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But us football fans must recognize that not everyone hoots and hollers for the conversion on a long third down or a legendary pick six.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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