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TOOTLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The sound of casual playing on a musical instrument
Example:
he enjoyed hearing the tootles of their horns as the musicians warmed up
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("tootle" is a kind of...):
sound (the sudden occurrence of an audible event)
Derivation:
tootle (play (a musical instrument) casually)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they tootle ... he / she / it tootles
Past simple: tootled
Past participle: tootled
-ing form: tootling
Sense 1
Meaning:
Play (a musical instrument) casually
Example:
the saxophone player was tootling a sad melody
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Hypernyms (to "tootle" is one way to...):
beep; blare; claxon; honk; toot (make a loud noise)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Sentence examples:
Cars tootle in the streets
The streets tootle with cars
Derivation:
tootle (the sound of casual playing on a musical instrument)
