tooter

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026

toot¹ /tut/   v. 

1. to (cause a horn or whistle to) give forth a short sound: [~ + object]
   He tooted his horn.
   [no object]
   The foghorn tooted in the distance.

n. [countable]

2. an act or sound of tooting:
   gave a quick toot on his horn.

toot•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

toot¹  (to̅o̅t), v.i. 

1. (of a horn or whistle) to give forth its characteristic sound.
2. to make a sound resembling that of a horn, whistle, or the like.
3. to sound or blow a horn, whistle, or wind instrument.

v.t. 

4. to cause (a horn, whistle, or wind instrument) to sound.
5. to sound (notes, music, etc.) on a horn or the like.

n. 

6. an act or sound of tooting.
7. [Slang.] cocaine.

• 1500–10; akin to Low German, German tuten, Dutch toeten, Swedish tuta in same sense; origin, originally imitative

toot ′er, n. 

toot² (to̅o̅t), n. [Informal.]

1. a period or instance of drunken revelry;
   binge;
   spree.

• origin, originally uncertain 1670–80

toot³ (tŏŏt), n. [Australian Informal.]

1. lavatory;
   toilet.

• perh. jocular alteration of toilet 1945–50

toot⁴ (tŏŏt), n. [Chiefly Pennsylvania German Area.]

1. a paper bag.

• Low German tüte something horn-shaped, paper rolled into the shape of a horn (compare toot¹)
• Pennsylvania German dutt; compare German Tüte