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
It was now a cold, silent night, broken only by snores, the occasional yelp of someone dreaming, and the hoot of a single owl.
From BBC • Aug. 5, 2025
That made the board members hoot and holler to beat the band.
From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney
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