LekhoriLekhoriA derisive cry or shout.
My performance drew hoots of derision from the crowd.
The cry of an owl.
I heard the hoot of an owl.
Money, especially in the form of cash given as payment.
On the construction you could make a pot of hoot in no time. You oughter be able to get two or three quid a day when things is busy.
To cry out or shout in contempt.
Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more,
To make a hoo, the cry of an owl.
A surname.
From Middle English houten, huten, hoten, of North Germanic origin, from or related to Old Swedish huta (“to cast out in contempt”), related to Middle High German hiuzen, hūzen (“to call to pursuit”),...
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The clamorous owl that nightly hoots and wonders / At our quaint spirits.
To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.
Mary felt extremely offended when the workers hooted at her.