tooting

T1O1O1T1I1N1G2
UK/tuːtiŋ/

noun

The sound of a toot.

Less commonScrabble 8

Meanings

tooting1

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of toot
nountooting (plural tootings)

plural tootings

  1. The sound of a toot.

    These tootings can be sometimes heard at the distance of a mile.

    1867, Sewell Newhouse, John Humphrey Noyes, The Trapper's Guide

Tooting2

proper noun
  1. A suburban area in the borough of Wandsworth and borough of Merton, Greater London, England (OS grid ref TQ2771).

Origin

Disputed. It appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Totinges.

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APA

tooting. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tooting

MLA

“tooting.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tooting. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tooting,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tooting.

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