hoot
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"But the kid inside of you wants to break out and just hoot and holler."
From Barron's ● Apr. 4, 2026
Elton’s motivations don’t make sense, but at least Cera barges into the movie with so much energy that his sequence is a hoot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2025
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.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2025
We can be sure it’s not because her audience gives a hoot about French politics.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2025
It’s quiet for a moment, and then Clay lets out a hoot of laughter.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
It’s the explosion of relief when a prank ends, often in humiliation, always with hoots and claps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
So on “SNL,” as Storrie’s monologue winds down, we see the Hughes brothers take the stage to polite applause and a few hoots.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2026
The depictions of Ruth’s uptight and stingy brother Hyacinth and jealous and mother-in-law from hell “old Mrs. Hall” are both hoots.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 27, 2026
Rod hoots with laughter: "You deserve it, my man. I'm going to give you a round of applause."
From BBC ● Mar. 1, 2024
There were hoots of approval, so the two of them nodded at each other and began to draw.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
A barred owl hooted and shook its feathers in a sycamore above the creek, and red-bellied cooters sunned themselves on half-submerged logs.
From Slate ● Apr. 27, 2026
The freshly revamped, DJ-driven lounge in downtown’s historic core filled out with loft-dwelling locals still getting mileage from their Halloween costumes, while incoming Dodger fans hooted and revved their engines out on Main Street.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2025
Every time they hooted or interrupted, he gave as good as he got, mocking their points and challenging them to pass important legislation.
From New York Times ● Mar. 8, 2024
The crowd in New Hampshire cheered wildly as Trump came onstage and hooted warmly at some of his standard campaign lines.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2024
He hooted and held his arm, hollering about how he was thinking about trying to go back to the NBA, but now she’d permanently injured his arm, so he couldn’t.
From "The Boy in the Black Suit" by Jason Reynolds
Parnther, a charismatic figure, has a growing fan base for his conducting, and he elicited hooting and hollering from the audience.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2024
The owl spent his days perched on tree branches, fence posts and fire escapes and nights hooting atop water towers and preying on the city’s abundant rats.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 24, 2024
Millions of folks sat down with Williams every day for more than 14 years, hooting and hissing as she spilled the tea as if she were in their living rooms with them.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2024
He orchestrated moments of levity that had audiences hooting, hollering and laughing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
I heard the rumble of the buses, the hooting of taxis, that inevitable tireless London roar, but I was not part of it.
From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier
