hooter
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Audio (AU): (file) - Hyphenation: hoot‧er
- Rhymes: -uːtə(r)
Noun
hooter (plural hooters)
- A person who hoots.
- The horn in a motor vehicle.
- (slang) A nose, especially a large one. [from 1950s]
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- 2014, Vinnie Jones, It's Been Emotional, page 118:
- Somebody yelled, ‘You bit off a bloke’s nose in Ireland.’ The story was that I’d amputated his hooter.
- (slang, usually in the plural) A woman's breast. [from 1970s]
- (slang) A penis. [from 1990s]
- 1994, Joe R. Lansdale, Bubba Ho-Tep, page 23:
- There, nestled in one of her gloved palms was a massive, blue-veined hooter with a pus-filled bump on it the size of a pecan. It was his hooter and his pus-filled bump. ¶ “You ole rascal,” she said, and gently lowered his dick between his legs.
- 2006, Eric Mawson, Oil and Vinegar: A Conscripted Soldier in the Vietnam War[1]:
- He called it “Hooterville,” mainly because he was such a fan of Petticoat Junction, and he really enjoyed getting his hooter worked on.
- An owl.
- (slang) A large cannabis cigarette.
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:nose
- See also Thesaurus:breasts
- See also Thesaurus:penis
Translations
horn of a motor vehicle
slang: nose — see schnozzle
slang: breast
slang: penis — see dick
owl — see owl
Further reading
- “hooter”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.