Toot vs Toom - What's the difference?
toot | toom |
The noise of a horn or whistle.
(by extension, informal) A fart; flatus.
(uncountable, slang) Cocaine.
(informal) A spree of drunkness.
To stand out, or be prominent.
To peep; to look narrowly.
* Spenser
To see; to spy.
To flatulate.
To make the sound of a horn or whistle.
* Thackeray
To cause a horn or whistle to make its sound.
To go on a drinking binge.
Vacant time, leisure.
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As an interjection toot
is honk.As an adjective toom is
(rare|or|dialectal|northern england|scotland) empty.As a noun toom is
(chiefly scottish) a piece of waste ground where rubbish is shot or toom can be vacant time, leisure.As a verb toom is
(rare|or|dialectal) to empty; teem.toot
English
Alternative forms
* tout (in some verb senses only)Noun
(en noun)- He gave a little toot of the horn, to get their attention.
Derived terms
* on a tootVerb
(en verb)- (Howell)
- (Latimer)
- for birds in bushes tooting
- Tooting horns and rattling teams of mail coaches.