Tooted vs Mooted - What's the difference?
tooted | mooted |
(toot)
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.
As verbs the difference between tooted and mooted
is that tooted is past tense of toot while mooted is past tense of moot.As an adjective mooted is
made, or proven to be, moot.tooted
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Verb
(head)toot
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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.