hoot
Example Sentences
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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
Because not even a hoot owl can kill a skunk without getting sprayed with his scent.
From "Old Yeller" by Fred Gipson
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