Definition of hooter Hooter

/huˈtɚ/ - [huter] - hoot•er

We found 8 definitions of hooter from 3 different sources.

What does hooter mean?

WordNet

Noun
hooter - nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes
		owl, bird of Minerva, bird of night
		bird of prey, raptor, raptorial bird any of numerous carnivorous birds that hunt and kill other animals
		order strigiformes, strigiformes owls
		owlet young owl
		athene noctua, little owl small European owl
		horned owl large owls having prominent ear tufts
		great gray owl, great grey owl, strix nebulosa large dish-faced owl of northern North America and western Eurasia
		strix aluco, tawny owl reddish-brown European owl having a round head with black eyes
		barred owl, strix varia large owl of eastern North America having its breast and abdomen streaked with brown
		otus asio, screech owl small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle
		screech owl small North American owl having hornlike tufts of feathers whose call sounds like a quavering whistle
		scops owl any of several small owls having ear tufts and a whistling call
		spotted owl, strix occidentalis a large owl of North America found in forests from British Columbia to central Mexico; has dark brown plumage and a heavily spotted chest
		hoot owl any owl that hoots as distinct from screeching
		hawk owl, surnia ulula grey-and-white diurnal hawk-like owl of northern parts of the northern hemisphere
		asio otus, long-eared owl slender European owl of coniferous forests with long ear tufts
		laughing owl, sceloglaux albifacies, laughing jackass almost extinct owl of New Zealand
		barn owl, tyto alba mottled buff and white owl often inhabiting barns and other structures; important in rodent control
hooter - a device on an automobile for making a warning noise
		automobile horn, car horn, motor horn, horn
		alarm system, warning device, alarm a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event
		auto, automobile, motorcar, car, machine a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work"
hooter - informal terms for the nose
		beak, honker, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle, schnoz
		olfactory organ, nose a front that resembles a human nose (especially the front of an aircraft); "the nose of the rocket heated up on reentry"