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hoot

 
 
/huːt/ verb

Translation

CAR [I, T] mainly UK to make a short sound with your car's horn (= part you press to make a warning noise)
korna çalmak
The van driver hooted his horn impatiently.10921680
BIRD [I] If an owl (= bird) hoots, it makes a low 'oo' sound.
(baykuş) ötmek
453
hoot with laughter to laugh a lot very loudly
yüksek sesle gülmek/kahkaha atmak
1075
(Definition of hoot verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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