hooty

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Meaning · English

Very funny; hilarious; fit to make one hoot with laughter.

Register: slang

Where it’s used: Used American English

Examples

It's the kind of hooty melodrama Burnett used to spoof, but new series doesn't know where to look for laughs, with lame ideas lamely written (a cavewoman discovers cow's milk; Burnett is forced to impersonate her own celebrity look-alike) and others (a gay guy in Antarctica, Spike Lee ripoffs) that

Usage example from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30)

Sources & notes

Adapted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0, retrieved 2026-07-30 via kaikki.org).

Common questions

What does “hooty” mean?

Very funny; hilarious; fit to make one hoot with laughter.

Is “hooty” formal or informal?

hooty is generally slang.