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Definition: Give A Hoot |
Give A HootVerb1. Show no concern or interest; always used in the negative: "I don't give a hoot"; "She doesn't give a damn about her job". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: Give A HootSynonyms: care a hang (v), give a damn (v). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Nature doesn't give a hoot. (Grande illusion, La; writing credit: Jean Renoir; Charles Spaak) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
Expressions using "give a hoot": i don't give a hoot ♦ i don't give a hoot about it ♦ not give a hoot. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "give a hoot"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לא אכפת לי (I could not care less, I don't give a damn, I don't give a hoot, I don't mind). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fütyülök rá (I don't give a hoot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ivegay aay oothay nu-mi pasã câtuşi de puţin (I don't care a cent, I don't give a hoot about it). (various references) плевать мне на это (I don't give a hoot). (various references) marim kao za lanjski sneg (I don't give a hoot). (various references) no me importa un comino (I don't give a hoot). (various references) jag struntar i det (I don't give a hoot). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-h-i-o-o-t-v" | |
-2 letters: eightvo. | |
-3 letters: hoagie, hogtie. | |
-4 letters: eight, gavot, ogive, ovate, togae, vitae, vogie. | |
-5 letters: agio, eath, gait, gate, gave, geta, ghat, give, goat, haet, hate, have, heat, hive, hoot, hove, iota, oath, ohia, thae, thio, toea, toga, vagi, veto, viga, vita, vote. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-h-i-o-o-t-v" | |
+4 letters: photonegative. | |
+5 letters: photoengraving. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 69 76 65 41 48 6F 6F 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01101001 01110110 01100101 00100000 01000001 00100000 01001000 01101111 01101111 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G i v e   A   H o o t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0069 0076 0065 0041 0048 006F 006F 0074 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)41758871235242818186 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Expressions | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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