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
His singing of Oscar Straus and Leo Robin’s “Oh, That Mitzi” is a hoot.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 18, 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
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?”
From Salon ● Sep. 22, 2025
It sent up a triumphant hoot as it skidded to a halt and a team of burly fellows with ash-stained faces leapt off.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
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
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
All week I’d reveled in the cackles of leaf monkeys, hoots of gibbons, and barks of macaques, plus choruses of birds and frogs—all backed by the hums and whines of insects.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 23, 2024
The rest of the table hoots, and Leander, one of Hel’s soldiers, calls for Faris to finish his story.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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
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
Before he could say another word, men from each corner of the chancel hooted and howled.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2023
A speeding motorist hooted frantically to warn traders on the sides of the road to move away.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 19, 2023
Pigwidgeon hooted happily, his head protruding over Ron’s fist.
From "Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire" by J. K. Rowling
The 20-something fan seated next to me felt the same way about Araki, hooting so much for his favorite filmmaker that he apologized.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026
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
He spends his nights hooting atop water towers and preying on the city’s abundant rats.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
He orchestrated moments of levity that had audiences hooting, hollering and laughing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2023
From the hooting of a young owl, they knew that the bear was far away; and Renn judged that they’d come far enough east to have escaped the Ravens.
From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver
