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单词 tooting
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tootingn.1

Brit. /ˈtuːtɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈtudɪŋ/
Forms: In Middle English–1500s totyng; 1500s towting.
Etymology: < toot v.1 + -ing suffix1.
Now dialect.
The action of toot v.1; spying, peeping, looking.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > [noun] > peeping
tooting?1553
pinking1608
peeking1637
twiring1728
out-peeping1818
?1553 Respublica (1952) i. iii. 6 Theare was suche tooting suche looking and suche priinge.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Osolamento, a spying, a peeping, a tooting.

Compounds

attributive as tooting-glass n. looking-glass. tooting-hill n. = toot-hill n.; so tooting-hole, peep-hole; tooting-place, tooting-tower, etc.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > [noun] > look-out place
garret1340
tooting-towera1382
watch-house1482
watchtower1544
watch-stand1610
beacon1611
mount1612
belfry1631
lookout1662
mirador1672
lookout tower1748
toot1770
watch point1893
observation post1909
lookout station1928
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > [noun] > hole or window
oillet1333
tooting-holea1382
tote-hole1561
peepholea1570
eyehole1655
eyelet1762
eyelet hole1774
eye-loop1803
Judas hole1858
peek-hole1867
oillet pane1873
squint1891
observation window1897
viewport1942
port1949
the world > the earth > land > landscape > high land > hill > [noun] > look-out hill
toot-hilla1382
tooting-hilla1382
toota1387
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > thing seen > place where view obtained > [noun] > look-out place > hill
toot-hilla1382
tooting-hilla1382
toota1387
the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > optical instruments > mirror > [noun] > looking-glass
looking-glass1526
Venice glass1527
tooting-glassc1560
seeing-glass1565
girdle-glassa1652
Venice looking-glass1655
considering-glass1660
peeper1673
long glass1680
table glass1688
dressing glass1697
keeking-glassa1724
toilet glass1729
long mirror1793
swing-glass1809
hand glass1832
cheval-glass1836
psyche1838
tire-glass1844
tiring-glass1844
driving mirror1907
wing mirror1925
swing mirror1930
vanity mirror1959
a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) (1850) Jer. xxxi. 21 Ordeyne to thee a toting place.
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Isa. xxi. 8 Y stonde contynueli bi dai on the totyng place of the Lord.
c1460 Med. Gramm. Speculare, a totynge hylle and a bekyne.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cv Thei with in the citee [sc. Orleans] perceiued well this totyng hole, and laied a pece of ordynaunce directly against the wyndowe.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Towtynge hoole to loke out at in a wall or wyndowe.
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos iv. L ij As dawning waxed white from tooting towres on hie.
c1560 Gest Serm. in W. Dugdale Life (1840) 182 Senec..wryteth that tootyng glasses be found to know our selfes and to rule our lyfes by... O that we Christen men and women thus used our tootinge glasses.
1894 R. O. Heslop Northumberland Words Tooting-hole, a spyhole or loophole.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

tootingn.2

Forms: Also 1600s–1800s Scottish touting.
Etymology: < toot v.2 + -ing suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtooting.
The action of toot v.2; the sound made by blowing a horn or other wind-instrument.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [noun] > sound of wind instruments
blas?c1225
blastc1275
poopa1556
tooting1568
toota1598
too-too1812
tootling1821
too-tooing1843
tootle1850
tootle-te-tootle1855
toot-toot1883
toot-tootling1904
1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau i. ii. sig. A.iijv Then maketh he with his Horne such tootyng and blowing.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 665 Another mercenary minstrell..kept a foolish and ridiculous tooting.
1634 J. Levett Ordering of Bees 30 You shall heare a touting in manner like the sounding of a Bewgle horne amongst the Bees.
1714 H. Nevill in Philos. Trans. 1713 (Royal Soc.) 28 270 Will not admit of any sound by Blast as a Horn doth, but by the articulate Voice of tooting it will.
1880 W. Newton Serm. for Boys & Girls (1881) 410 Tootings innumerable from the steam whistle.

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations, as tooting-horn, tooting-trumpet.
ΚΠ
1737 A. Ramsay Coll. Scots Prov. xx. 75 It is ill making a silk purse of a sow's lug, or a touting-horn of a tod's tail.
1805 J. Nicol Poems I. 2 (note) (Jam.) A touting horn (the horn of an ox perforated at the small end) by blowing on which they made a loud..sound.
1889 W. G. Dickson Gleanings from Japan xiii. 251 The boy behind is provided with a small tooting-trumpet to warn other travellers on the road.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

tootingn.3

Forms: Also ˈtouting.
Etymology: < toot v.3 + -ing suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtooting.
Drinking, toping; in †touting-ken (obsolete slang): a drinking-house.
ΚΠ
1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Touting-ken, tavern-bar.
1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Touting-ken, a Tavern or Ale-house Bar.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

tootingadj.1

Forms: Also Middle English totinde, 1500s-1600s toting.
Etymology: < toot v.1 + -ing suffix2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtooting.
Now dialect.
Looking out, peeping, prying, spying; protruding, sprouting.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > unevenness > projection or prominence > [adjective]
steepc1000
tooting?c1225
strutting1387
prominent?1440
extant1540
eminent?1541
pouting1563
poking1566
out1576
egregious1578
promontory1579
out-pointed1585
buttinga1593
outjetting1598
perking1598
jettying1609
juttying1609
out-jutting1611
outstanding1611
upsticking1611
out-shooting1622
jutting1624
outgrowing1625
rank1625
toting1645
projectinga1652
porrected1653
protruded1654
protruding1654
upcast1658
protending1659
jettinga1661
raised1663
starting1680
emersed1686
exerted1697
projective1703
jet-out1709
exorbitant1715
sticking1715
foreright1736
poky1754
perked-up1779
salient1789
prouda1800
overdriven1812
extrusive1816
stand-up1818
shouldering1824
jutty1827
outflung1830
sticky-out1839
sticking-up1852
outreaching1853
protrusive1858
out-thrusting1869
stickout1884
protrudent1891
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > secret observation, spying > [adjective] > prying
tooting?c1225
snooping1924
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 41 For nabbe ȝe naut to nome..of totinde ancren.
1593 Tell-Trothes New-yeares Gift (1876) 33 If there be any that hath a tooting head [of ‘horns’], and would not haue it sene, let him keepe it secretely to himselfe.
1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ iii. xxxi. 109 Though perhaps he had never a shirt to his back, yet would he have a toting huge swelling ruff about his neck.
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Geneust, nosed, or he that hath a great Nose, or a toting Nose.
1650 J. Howell tr. A. Giraffi Exact Hist. Late Revol. Naples i. 87 With a toting plume of feathers in his hat all white.
1655 J. Howell 4th Vol. Familiar Lett. vii. 19 A poor shallow-brain'd puppy, who..would have men to have a priviledg to change their Wives,..deserves of all other to wear a toting horn.
1676 R. Wiseman Severall Chirurg. Treat. i. xxvi. 141 Rendring the Visage fiery, and in progress of time make those toting Copper-noses, as we generally express them.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

tootingadj.2

/tuːtɪŋ/
Etymology: < toot v.2 + -ing suffix2.
1. That toots, as a horn, siren, etc. See also rootin' tootin' adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of horn > [adjective]
tooting1652
honking1813
horny1869
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > [adjective] > sound of wind instruments > sound of horn
tooting1652
winding1735
1652 E. Benlowes Theophila xi. xxx. 197 Still to have toting Waits unseel thine Eyes.
1668 T. Shadwell Sullen Lovers i. 5 Those rogues that..upon their Toting Instruments make a more Hellish-Noise then they Do at a Play-house.
1909 Daily Chron. 16 Sept. 1/1 No tooting whistles signalled our departure.
2. U.S. slang. Used, usually with preceding adverb or adjective (as damn or variant), as a strong affirmative or intensive.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > [adjective]
sickerc1100
bolda1300
surec1330
trist1340
certain1362
traista1400
tresta1400
ensurec1430
suredc1450
absolute1483
firm1483
resolute1501
assured1523
satisfied1533
unperplexed1558
unblanked1570
resolved1577
secure1578
clear1604
constant1611
ungravelled1611
confidenta1616
definitea1616
fearless1634
decretory1651
positive1658
unbrangled1671
cocksure1672
convinced1685
reliant1702
unbewildereda1807
positivistic1893
hensure1929
tooting1932
1932 Amer. Speech 7 338 You're damn tootin', emphatic affirmative.
1933 E. Caldwell God's Little Acre i. 12 ‘After the albino, Pa?’ Buck asked. ‘You're durn tooting, son,’ he said.
1952 B. Malamud Natural 36 You're plumb tootin' crazy.
1970 E. Berckman She asked for It xi. 134 You're goddam' tootin' I'm on that again. Y'say I've been prying, you admit there's something to pry into.
1981 G. McDonald Fletch & Widow Bradley xviii. 72 I got pregnant, when you said I wouldn't... You tol' me a tootin' lie.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2020).
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