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hoot
noun- a cause for laughter US, 1942
A bit old-fashioned, often used in a sarcastic or condescending tone. - Anna suggested they lunch at the Washington Square Bar & Grill. “It’s a hoot,” she laughed over the phone. — Armistead Maupin, Tales of the City, p. 74, 1978
- You’re a hoot and a half, Gino. Really a fuckin riot. — Seth Morgan, Homeboy, p. 188, 1990
- I remember sitting in front of the makeup mirror in the Bunny dressing room, carefully gluing on three pairs of false eyelashes, and laughing so much. Everything about being a bunny was a hoot! — Kathryn Leigh Scott, The Bunny Years, p. 143, 1998
- The rain fell steadily while a razor-sharp wind cut me to the core [...] Summer in Hokkaido: what a hoot! — Josie Dew, The Sun In My Eyes, p. 264, 2001
- an inhalation of marijuana CANADA
- [H]e hands the chillum to Paris, who takes a long hoot and over-inhales, as is so easy to do with a bong or a chillum. — Brian Preston, Pot Planet, p. 94, 2002
- a little bit US, 1878
Generally used in phrases that have a negative intent, such as “not give a hoot”, “not care two hoots”, etc. - “I don’t give a hoot. They don’t have the right to say those things.” — Mickey Spillane, One Lonely Night, p. 30, 1951
- I couldn’t give a hoot about my bollocks[.] — FHM, p. 31, June 2003
- The MoD [Ministry of Defence] are again ill-prepared [for war] and don’t care a hoot about the lads on the ground willing to lay down their life. — Evening Standard, p. 6, 7 March 2003
- money AUSTRALIA, 1881
- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 46, 1977
- — Ryan Aven-Bray, Ridgey Didge Oz Jack Lang, p. 31, 1983
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