toot

Meanings

Noun

• The noise of a horn or whistle.
• A fart; flatus.
• Cocaine.
• A portion of cocaine that a person snorts.
• A spree of drunkness.
• Rubbish; tat.
• A message on the social networking software Mastodon.
• A toilet.

Verb

• To stand out, or be prominent.
• To peep; to look narrowly.
• To see; to spy.
• To flatulate.
• To make the sound of a horn or whistle.
• To cause a horn or whistle to make its sound.
• Of a queen bee: to make a high-pitched sound during certain stages of development.
• To go on a drinking binge.
• To snort (a recreational drug).
• To post a message on a Mastodon instance (a self-hosted version of the networking software).

Related

Similar words

• poop

Origin

• Probably onomatopoetic in origin, compare Dutch toeteren ("to blow a horn") and German tuten ("to blow a horn").
• Perhaps a contraction of toilet.