tootle

[US]/'tuːt(ə)l/
[UK]/'tutl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. to blow lightly; to talk nonsense
n. chatter; a light blowing sound
vt. to make a tooting sound
Word Forms
Present Participletootling
Past Participletootled
Third Person Singulartootles
Past Tensetootled
Pluraltootles

Example Sentences

he tootled on the horn.

the video games tootled their tunes.

Toot-tootle-toot, goes the horn.

The little boy loves to tootle on his toy trumpet.

She likes to tootle around the garden on her bicycle.

The musician would often tootle on his flute in the park.

The car tootled as it drove away from the curb.

The train tootled its horn before departing from the station.

The children tootled on their recorders during music class.

She would tootle on her harmonica while sitting on the porch.

The birds tootled melodiously in the trees at dawn.

He likes to tootle on his saxophone in the evenings.

The bike bell tootled as the cyclist passed by.

Real-world Examples

" O Wendy, " cried Tootles, " was one of the lost children called Tootles" ?

Source: Peter Pan

" Tootles, " she cried, " I appeal to you" .

Source: Peter Pan

" But if she lies there, " Tootles said, " she will die" .

Source: Peter Pan

Scarlett was smarting at the slight to Ashley. " It all sounds like tootle to me, " she said coldly.

Source: Gone with the Wind

Grandly, however, did Tootles respond. For that one moment he dropped his silliness and spoke with dignity.

Source: Peter Pan

Tootles did not flinch. He bared his breast. " Strike, Peter, " he said firmly, " strike true" .

Source: Peter Pan

They talked of Cinderella, and Tootles was confident that his mother must have been very like her.

Source: Peter Pan

Well, this interaction with you has confirmed my need to get away from humanity permanently, tootles.

Source: MBTI Personality Types Guide

They were very ashamed, but Tootles gave the sole of his shoe, and it made an excellent knocker.

Source: Peter Pan

" I don't suppose, " Tootles said diffidently [bashfully or timidly], " that I could be father" .

Source: Peter Pan

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