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单词 tootle
释义 too·tle
I. \ˈtüd.əl, -ütəl\ verb
(tootled ; tootled ; tootling \-d.əliŋ, -t(ə)liŋ\ ; tootles)
Etymology: freq. of toot (III)
intransitive verb
1.
 a. : to make a repeated tooting noise
  < the birds tootling in the trees >
 b. : to toot gently, repeatedly, or continuously on a wind instrument
  < the final chorus with three high trumpets tootling for dear life — Virgil Thomson >
2. : to write or talk nonsense
3. : to drive or move along : make one's way
 < cheerfully tootling around England in their cars last weekend — Mollie Panter-Downes >
 < think I'll tootle off to bed — Dorothy Sayers >
transitive verb
1. : to toot continuously on
 < musical instruments which are scraped, tootled, and banged by millions — Newsweek >
2. : to produce by a continued or prolonged tooting
 < birds began to tootle their songs of joy — P.G.Wodehouse >
II. noun
(-s)
1. : the act, action, or sound of tootling
 < can make it give off tootles of varying lengths — New Yorker >
2. : feeble or verbose writing or speech : twaddle
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