hooting
present participle ofhoot
| 单词 | hooting |
| 释义 | hooting present participle ofhoot hoot verb uk/huːt/us/huːt/[IorT] to make ashortloudhighsound: She hooted herhornatthedogin theroad. He hootedwithlaughter. [I] to make thesoundthat anowlmakes Sounds made by objects, movement or impact
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Sounds made by humans with their mouths Animal (non-human) sounds Examplesofhootinghooting In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Do we challenge each other's identity as 'scientists' of various stripes inhootingcontests typical of intellectuals? From theCambridge English Corpus Hootingis either necessary in the interests of public safety or it is not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 With the night shadows and the country noises, such as owlshooting, they had fled. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Then people behind get angry and starthootingand everybody gets bad-tempered. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 If they are not taken, thehootingdriver remains dangerous. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is any amount of experience abroad to show that, if you prohibithooting, you increase public safety, in addition to contributing to the amenities. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Thirdly—and this is a point which is generally overlooked—the more excessivehootingis permitted, the more careless does the pedestrian become. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There was a queue of cars behind him, the drivers of which, needless to say, were allhootingfuriously. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In some residential areas there are intersecting roads and drivers of this type go at great speed at nighthootingat every cross road. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I do not like thehootingwhich one now finds going on, nor the flashing of lights. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It went onhootingso that nobody on the station could possibly hear the announcement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We did not want to put in the other old section also, because that rather cuts across the regulation as regards nothootingat night. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Those who live in political life live too close to the woods to be frightened by thehootingof owls. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I did not enjoy the spectacle of the laughter andhootingduring the debate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 But eitherhootingis essential to avert accidents or it is not. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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