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Hooting [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

2. A leap on one leg; a leap; a jump; a spring.

3. A dance.

4. A plant constituting the genus Humulus. The stalk or vine, which grows to a great length, is weak and requires to be supported. In growing, it climbs or winds round a pole or other support. This plant is of great importance in brewing, as it tends to preserve malt liquors, and renders them more aperient, diuretic and salubrious.

Hooting [Verb intransitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. To leap, or spring on one leg; applied to persons.

2. To leap; to spring forward by leaps; to skip, as birds.

3. Hopping from spray to spray.

4. To walk lame; to limp; to halt. [We generally use hobble.]

5. To move by leaps or starts, as the blood in the veins. [Not used.]

6. To spring; to leap; to frisk about.

7. To dance.

Hooting [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1828

To impregnate with hops.

Hooting [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

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