hoot (redirected from didn't care a hoot)

hoot someone off the stage

[for an audience] to boo and hiss until a performer leaves the stage. The rude audience hooted Carl off the stage. Carl was hooted off the stage.

See also: stage

hoot and holler

to shout in disapproval; to call and shout one's displeasure. After the umpire rendered his decision, the spectators hooted and hollered their thoughts on the matter. It's hard to play a good game of basketball when the fans are hooting and hollering at everything you do.

See also: and, holler

howl someone down and hoot someone down

Fig. to yell at or boo someone's performance; to force someone to stop talking by yelling or booing. The audience howled the inept magician down. They howled down the musician.

See also: howl

howl at someone or something 

1. Lit. [for a canine] to bay at someone or something. The dog howls at me when I play the trumpet. The wolves howled at the moon and created a terrible uproar.

2. and hoot at someone or something Fig. to yell out at someone or something. The audience howled at the actors and upset them greatly. We hooted at the singer until he stopped.

3. Fig. to laugh very hard at someone or something. Everyone just howled at Tom's joke. I howled at the story Alice told.

See also: howl

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not care/give a hoot  (informal) also not care/give two hoots (informal)

if you do not give a hoot about something or someone, you do not care about them at all (often + about ) I don't give a hoot about keeping the house tidy. (often + question word) They don't care two hoots who wins as long as it's a good game.

See also: care

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not give a hoot also not give two hoots

to not care about something at all I don't give a hoot about her opinion of my housekeeping.

See also: give