2 the sound an owl (= type of bird) makes, or a shout showing anger or amusement: --
3 an amusing person or thing: --
Matt’s a real hoot.
4 to make the sound an owl makes, or to shout in anger or amusement: --
They do not care two hoots whether there is co-operation with the unions or the employers.
There were howls of protest and hoots of derision, but it was, and is, a question worth asking.
I do not believe that the public care one or two hoots about railway ownership.
I do not care two hoots what the bishops say from that point of view.
He does not care "two hoots" whether he is taking it out of the programme contractors or out of the advertising industry.
In some residential areas there are intersecting roads and drivers of this type go at great speed at night hooting at every cross road.
There was a queue of cars behind him, the drivers of which, needless to say, were all hooting furiously.
I do not think that the drinker of beer or the wearer of hoots will get much advantage.
