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.