Meaning of Tootle | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A soft toot sound.
3. A trip or excursion.
   colloquial

Equivalents

Examples

“1891, Thirteen Essays on Education, London: Percival & Co., E. W. Howson, “The Teaching of Music in Public Schools,” p. 37, No one, least of all those with a musical ear, can take a form or even read a book in close proximity to the ineffectual tootle of a flute, the maddening squeaks of a raw fiddler, or the spasmodic grunts of a euphonium.”

“The glamour of the sawdust world, the cheers of the crowd, the smell of hot dogs and cotton candy, the blare and tootle of the midway—he envied the gypsy family, here today and gone tomorrow.”

“One blast [of the trumpet], and [the sheep] would go here, two and they would go there, some tootles and they would run up the hill, a high note and they would stop short […]”

“In between, is Granny May’s only daughter Juliet. A wonderful character who still joins me on the odd tootle.”

“On weekends you can take a short tootle over to itsy-bitsy Pelican Island on a free ferry […]”

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