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Meanings of hooter in English

Portuguese
bocal
Catalan
nàpia

Informal terms for the nose.

bocal
Portuguese
estrige
Catalan
mussol
Spanish
strigiformes

Nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes.

estrige

A device on an automobile for making a warning noise.

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Examples for "horn"
Examples for "horn"
1
He loosened the case containing the long horn, to announce their approach.
Heart of oak
2
Now, Jewel: set the point of your horn against this Calormene's breast.
Last battle
3
At sunset a great horn blew five short blasts, repeated five times.
Chaosbound
4
It is in the key of D, the melody opening for horn.
The Masters and Their Music / A series of illustrative programs ...
5
Twang goes the horn; up goes the trunk; down come the steps.
Roundabout Papers
1
Then of a sudden came a wild toot from an automobile horn.
The Rover Boys in Business; Or, The Search for the Missing Bonds
2
They make a noise about as pretty as an automobile horn does.
Tobacco Road
3
The sound of an automobile horn was heard in the distance.
Pee-wee Harris
4
The sound of an automobile horn caused Grace to run to the window.
Grace Harlowe's Second Year at Overton College
5
Helen tooted the automobile horn as though it had gone crazy.
Ruth Fielding of the Red Mill; Or, Jasper Parloe's Secret
1
A car horn blaring behind him brought Yuichi back to the present.
Villain
2
I seem to recollect getting my foot stuck on the car horn.
My Life, My Tapes
3
I heard a car horn in the background, suggesting the caller was outside.
Flash and Bones
4
I heard a car horn in the background, a gunning engine.
While i'm falling
5
Most passersby supported the effort with a consistent stream of car horn honks.
Wired
1
While they were chatting, a motor horn was heard and Abel said:
The Rider in Khaki: A Novel
2
The sudden sound of a motor horn outside made Hoppie jump up.
The power of one
3
High up above the bed was the mouthpiece of what looked like a motor horn.
Men of Affairs
4
I was still sitting numbed with disappointment when a motor horn hooted in the lane.
I capture the castle
5
A motor horn immediately behind startled them both.
The Lighted Way
Usage of hooter in English
1
The hooter sounds for the first wave of swimmers, then the second.
The Guardian
2
My big hooter has been broken many times and needs a fix.
News.com.au
3
A naked hooter queen with that beach movie expression of sizzling intellect.
Internecine
4
You may say the hooter is THE cause of their leaving.
The Analysis of Mind
5
At 3pm the hooter sounded and we all plunged into the icy water.
The Guardian
6
To use a glass that tapers in would overwhelm one's hooter.
The Guardian
7
The hooter went off, a nice wave walled up, I paddled.
The Guardian
8
Dimly, muffled by distance and sound-proofed walls, he heard a hooter go off.
The stand
9
Not a single taxi in sight, not even a hooter in the distance.
The South African
10
Shenton's try calmed their nerves before Minikin claimed his second on the full-time hooter.
The Guardian
11
The hooter sounds -this is going to penalty strokes.
The Guardian
12
With the hooter gone, neither side wanted to give up and kept on playing.
The South African
13
Pleasant to see superiority of billets over the hooter: that only emitted three blasts.
Bedridden and the Winter Offensive / Deep Waters, Part 8.
14
Then, two minutes from the hooter, Reynolds broke the record with a one-point drop-goal.
The Guardian
15
Kasito off the bench scores after the hooter has gone.
The South African
16
The brooder and the hooter: in history's eyes, only one was going to win.
The Guardian
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Hooter through the time