hoot
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While throwing, the chimpanzees pant hoot — a loud, long-distance communicative signal — and sometimes repeatedly hit their hands and feet on the tree in a behavior called buttress drumming.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
Former talk-show host Winfrey wrote that one of her fondest memories with Parton was "having a hoot and a holler while wearing Bob Mackie gowns on her show Dolly".
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
De Angelis and Waltz are also a hoot together, she as a heaving, hissing vampire bride who can’t stop licking her chops, he as a bone-dry vampire hunter dedicated to his investigation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
Crowds hoot and cheer as the contraptions float into the darkening sky, while referees judge the magnificence of their aerial explosions.
From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2025
Not giving a hoot would be a luxury.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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
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
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.
From Salon ● Sep. 15, 2025
Mr Watling told BBC Essex that Mr Farage "doesn't give two hoots" about the constituency, which also includes the seaside towns of Frinton and Walton, and villages inland including St Osyth, Tendring and Wix.
From BBC ● Jun. 4, 2024
She lay in bed as the hoots and laughter and bantering voices downstairs began to mushroom.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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
While the rest of the class hooted and hollered, I watched your expressions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2024
The viewers clapped when Chris Tucker appeared onscreen, and they hooted for Viola Davis.
From New York Times ● Apr. 7, 2023
A speeding motorist hooted frantically to warn traders on the sides of the road to move away.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2023
Owls hooted and left their perches, spreading pale wings over the black ground.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
Pant hooting and buttress drumming are both part of the male chimpanzee display, suggesting that accumulative stone throwing might represent a modification of this common behavior.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 28, 2026
A crowd came out waving blue and yellow national flags, cheering as the buses carrying the freed men passed hooting their horns.
From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2025
But who would watch a show about Charlotte and Harry, and LTW and Herbert, living and loving and occasionally hooting in support of their friend’s corny a cappella outfit?
From Salon ● May 29, 2025
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 cart lurched along behind her, the driver hooting at sailors and slaves alike to clear the way.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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