hoot : Idioms & Phrases

• verb show no concern or interest; always used in the negative
  give a damn; care a hang; give a hang.
  
  • I don't give a hoot
  • She doesn't give a damn about her job

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• verb communicate by hooting and grunting, as of primates
  

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• noun any owl that hoots as distinct from screeching
  

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• (Zoöl.), the barred owl (Syrnium nebulosum). See Barred owl.

Webster 1913

• verb communicate by hooting and panting, as of primates
  

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