Woot vs Toot - What's the difference?
woot | toot |
Expressing happiness or approval.
An exclamation of joy or excitement.
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 an interjection woot
is expressing happiness or approval.As a noun toot is
the noise of a horn or whistle.As a verb toot is
to stand out, or be prominent.woot
English
Interjection
(en interjection)References
*"Oxford adds woot! to dictionary", August 2011 ----
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.