hooter

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A person who hoots.

2. 2

   The horn in a motor vehicle.

3. 3

   A siren or steam whistle, especially one in a factory and used to indicate the beginning…

   A siren or steam whistle, especially one in a factory and used to indicate the beginning or the end of a working day or shift.

   • Suddenly, far down and beyond the toun there came a screech as the morning grew, a screech like an hungered beast in pain. The hooters were blowing in the Segget Mills.
   • A chime whistle, presented to the L.M.S.R. by American model railway enthusiasts in 1939, is installed now as a works hooter at Crewe Works, as its height precludes its use on a British locomotive.
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   1. 4

      A nose, especially a large one.

      • Aye, it may be a joke to you, but it's his nose. He can't help having a hideous great hooter! And his poor little head, trembling under the weight of it!
      • Shouldn't worry me, I thought, but sure enough, 20 seconds later the smell of wafting cigarette smoke drifts over the back of my seat and up my hooter.
      • Somebody yelled, ‘You bit off a bloke’s nose in Ireland.’ The story was that I’d amputated his hooter.
   2. 5

      An owl.

   3. 6

      A woman's breast.

   4. 7

      A penis.

      • He called it “Hooterville,” mainly because he was such a fan of Petticoat Junction, and he really enjoyed getting his hooter worked on.
   5. 8

      A large cannabis cigarette.

   6. 9

      The tiniest amount

      The tiniest amount; a whit or jot.

      • G.G. understood that I meant the licence, and said he didn't care a hooter about failing his driving test.

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