Hoot

·noun A derisive cry or shout.

II. Hoot ·vi To cry out or shout in contempt.

III. Hoot ·noun The cry of an Owl.

IV. Hoot ·vi To make the peculiar cry of an Owl.

V. Hoot ·vt To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with derisive shouts.

hoot
n. slang term for compensation, payment,money; characteristic corruption of Maori Utu (q.v.) 1896....

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris