tooting

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tooting - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Toot \Toot\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tooted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Tooting.] [Cf. D. toeten to blow a horn, G. tuten, Sw.
     tuta, Dan. tude; probably of imitative origin.]
     To blow or sound a horn; to make similar noise by contact of
     the tongue with the root of the upper teeth at the beginning
     and end of the sound; also, to give forth such a sound, as a
     horn when blown. "A tooting horn." --Howell.
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           Tooting horns and rattling teams of mail coaches.
                                                    --Thackeray.
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