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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