Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. i.) To cry out or shout in contempt. 2. (v. i.) To make the peculiar cry of an owl. 3. (v. t.) To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts. 4. (n.) A derisive cry or shout. 5. (n.) The cry of an owl.

Multi-Version Concordance Hoot (1 Occurrence) Zephaniah 2:14 Herds will lie down in the midst of her, all the animals of the nations. Both the pelican and the porcupine will lodge in its capitals. Their calls will echo through the windows. Desolation will be in the thresholds, for he has laid bare the cedar beams. (See RSV)