Catcall vs Hoot - What's the difference?
catcall | hoot | Synonyms |
A shout or whistle expressing dislike, especially from a crowd or audience; a jeer, a boo.
A shout, whistle, or comment of a sexual nature, usually made toward women
To make such an exclamation.
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A derisive cry or shout.
The cry of an owl.
(US, slang) A fun event or person. (See hootenanny)
A small particle
* 1878 , John Hanson Beadle, Western Wilds, and the Men who Redeem Them , page 611, Jones Brothers, 1878
To cry out or shout in contempt.
* Dryden
To make the cry of an owl.
* Shakespeare
To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
* Jonathan Swift
Catcall is a synonym of hoot.
As nouns the difference between catcall and hoot
is that catcall is a shout or whistle expressing dislike, especially from a crowd or audience; a jeer, a boo while hoot is a derisive cry or shout.As verbs the difference between catcall and hoot
is that catcall is to make such an exclamation while hoot is to cry out or shout in contempt.catcall
English
Noun
(en noun)Verb
(en verb)citation
hoot
English
Noun
(en noun)- Well, it was Sunday morning, and the wheat nothing like ripe; but it was a chance, and I got onto my reaper and banged down every hoot of it before Monday night.
Usage notes
* (small particle) The term is nearly always encountered in a negative sense in such phrases as don't care a hoot'' or ''don't give two hoots . * (derisive cry) The phrase a hoot and a holler'' has a very different meaning to ''hoot and holler''. The former is a short distance, the latter is a verb of ''derisive cry .Verb
(en verb)- Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more.
- the clamorous owl that nightly hoots
- Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat.