hootin' tootin'
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.23 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Rowdy; boisterous and noisy.
Example Sentences
- "He was the best, hootin’, tootin’ son-of-a-seacook that ever hit a prairie breeze, in spite of this dum foolishness."
- "We’d knowed her since she was a yearlin’ as a swell spot for a nervous wreck to rest up in, but now she’s turned into a hootin’, tootin’ seaport, all disguised in wavin’ flags an’ banners."
- "Think everyone would like to see what a hootin’, tootin’, fightin’ gang like yours looks like."
- "[P]aper on which someday I would write the story of how to make paper from wood, the romance of the forest camps, the river drive in spring, the roarin', hootin’, tootin’ life of the old-time lumberjack, the story of his favorite hobby, birling logs in competition in the booms, the prize usually a keg of whisky in those days."
- "Again, it is a lurid sex crime. Again, the crime revolves around a gang of small town hootin’, tootin’, harebrained hoodlums."
- "He showed that you could be a rah-rah, hootin’, tootin’ flag-waver without crossing the line into boorish behaviour."