hoot
Example Sentences
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His singing of Oscar Straus and Leo Robin’s “Oh, That Mitzi” is a hoot.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 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
Other than that, I’m hearing that Timothée Chalamet in ‘Marty Supreme’ is a lock, and Leonardo DiCaprio’s performance in ‘One Battle After Another’ is a harrowing hoot.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 23, 2025
Heard less for the testimony than to hoot at the accompanying circus.
From Salon • Sep. 12, 2025
There was a hoot of snarling horns and a babel of baying voices.
From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien
