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tootEnglish (en) · Etymology 1Source text
Probably onomatopoeic in origin. Compare Dutch toeteren (“to blow a horn”), German tuten, Swedish tuta, Danish tude. Noun etymology 1, noun sense 7 ("Mastodon post") and verb etymology 1, verb sense 10 ("to post on Mastodon") are influenced by tweet (“Twitter post”).
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗tootEnglish (en) · Etymology 2Source text
Perhaps a contraction of toilet.
Original Wiktionary entry and references ↗tootEnglish (en) · Etymology 3Source text
An alteration of tot, borrowed from Scots.
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Chambers (1908)
1908- TootEnglish · e-38700-5283
Toot, tōōt, v.i. to pry or peep about: (obs.) to be prominent.—n. Toot′er, anything projecting. [A.S. totian, to elevate.]
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Toot, tōōt, v.i. to make short unmusical sounds on a flute or horn.—v.t. to blow, as a horn, &c.—n. a sound, as of a horn, a blast: (U.S.) a spree.—n. Toot′er, one who toots, or that upon which he toots. [Old Dut. tuyten
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Toot, tōōt, n. (slang) an idle worthless creature: the devil.
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