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(not) care two hoots

slang To be concerned about someone or something. Typically used in the negative to convey the opposite. I don't care two hoots about making money, I just want to do something with my life that makes life better for others. I haven't cared two hoots for the show ever since they killed off my favorite character. Do whatever you want, I don't care two hoots.
See also: care, hoots, two

(not) give two hoots

slang To be concerned about someone or something. Typically used in the negative to convey the opposite. I don't give two hoots about making money, I just want to do something with my life that makes life better for others. I haven't given two hoots for the show ever since they killed off my favorite character. Do whatever you want, I don't give two hoots.
See also: give, hoots, two

not care two hoots about someone or something

 and not give two hoots about someone or something
; not give a hang about someone or something; not give a hoot
See also: care, hoots, not, two

not give a hoot

or

not give two hoots

INFORMAL
If you say that you don't give a hoot or don't give two hoots about something, you mean that you do not care about it at all. I don't give a hoot about what they think. These politicians don't give two hoots about the ordinary people.
See also: give, hoot, not
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Figure 2 shows spectrograms of typical hoots in the Ryukyu Scops Owl.
Minority syllable types (MSTs) were hoots that were difficult to classify in relation to BST (Fig.
A typological analysis of the hoot of the Ryukyu Scops Owl across island populations in the Ryukyu Archipelago and two oceanic islands
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Several hoots were altered in pitch so that they mimicked the calls of males with a range of body weights.
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The great horned owl had the largest increase in population between 1995 and 1997 The scientists heard 92 more hoots in 1997 compared with 1995.
The lowest number of owl hoots was heard in 2005 Since the total is lowest in the most recent year the owl populations must be declining
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