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▪ I. too-too, v.|tuːˈtuː|
[Echoic: usually depreciatory.]
intr. To make an instrumental or vocal sound resembling these syllables. Hence too-ˈtooing vbl. n.; so also too-too adv. and n., too-ˈtooer.
1812H. & J. Smith Rej. Addr., The Theatre 25 Tang goes the harpsichord, too-too the flute. 1828Moir Mansie Wauch xi. (1849) 74 The old flute was for Benjie, poor thing, too-tooing on. 1836–9Dickens Sk. Boz, Public Dinners, The singers..begin too-tooing most dismally. 1840Thackeray Pict. Rhapsody Concl., Wks. 1900 XIII. 345 Punchman is tootooing on the pipes, and banging away on the drum. 1843― Irish Sk.-bk. xxviii, An unequal and disagreeable tootooing on a horn. 1862C. M. Yonge C'tess Kate ix, Kate..came up too-tooing through her hand with all her might. a1884Calverley Verses & Transl., To Mrs. Goodchild x, Checked by that absurd Too-too [of a person practising on a horn].
▪ II. too-too
see too adv. 4. |