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hoot

 
 
/huːt/ noun

Translation

SOUND [C] a short sound made by an owl (= bird) or by a car horn (= warning equipment)
korna sesi, baykuş sesi
453
a hoot of laughter when someone laughs loudly
yüksek sesle gülme/kahkaha atma
1075
FUNNY [no plural] informal something or someone that is very funny
komik/gülünç kimse veya şey
The film was an absolute hoot.1454
(Definition of hoot noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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