Definition of: hoot

(ht) v.i.
1. To jeer or call out, as in contempt or disapproval.
2. To utter the low, hollow cry of an owl.
—v.t.
3. To jeer at or mock with hooting cries.
4. To drive off with shouts of contempt, disapproval, etc.
5. To express by hooting.
—noun
1. A cry uttered in derision.
2. The cry of an owl.
3. Slang A whit: not worth a hoot. [<Scand. Cf. Sw. huta.]