not give a hoot

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not give a hoot - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hoot \Hoot\, n.
     1. A derisive cry or shout. --Glanvill.
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     2. The cry of an owl.
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     3. A very funny event, person, or experience; as, watching
        Jack try to catch that greased pig was a hoot.
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     Hoot owl (Zool.), the barred owl (Syrnium nebulosum). See
        Barred owl.
  
     not give a hoot not care at all.
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