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1no object Make a series of sounds by blowing a horn, trumpet, or similar instrument.
‘he tootled on the horn’- ‘As the mounted, scarlet coated protest leader tootled on his horn, the adviser looked up, lit a cigarette and ambled away, entirely unconcerned.’
- ‘The BMW stops dead, and the driver starts tootling with vigour.’
- ‘That's a rare tune for the French to be tootling.’
- ‘Trumpet him melodiously at first, but if he still obstacles your passage then tootle him with vigour.’
- ‘Senators danced to castanets; the bishop tootled the flute.’
stroll, saunter, amble, wander, roam, ramble, rove, drift, maunder, stray, straggle2informal no object, with adverbial of direction Go or travel in a leisurely way.
‘they were tootling along the coast road’- ‘The lightweight blokart is a micro landsailer, ideal for racing up the beach or for gently tootling along in a light breeze with children.’
- ‘People tootle around the streets in rental golf carts, or walk: there's plenty of time to stroll when everyone else is on foot, too.’
- ‘Just tootling along, getting stuff done, and enjoying.’
- ‘Anyway, I heard this rather loud ‘crack’ sound coming from the main bedroom, so off I tootled to see what had happened.’
- ‘Sounds particularly great in the car, when tootling round the Peak District on a moody afternoon.’
- ‘So I tootled over to Minehead, parked, and strolled down to W.H.Smith's, intent on buying a Guardian newspaper.’
- ‘There you are, two days before the British Grand Prix, minding your own business tootling down the M40 southbound towards Oxford, when suddenly there's a blue flashing light in your rearview mirror.’
- ‘So now we have our daily pants choosing ritual in which the Munchkin sticks his head under his dad's dressing gown to see what colour pants he has chosen before tootling off to his own room to choose a matching pair.’
- ‘That means he'll be spending more time on the hoof, moving quietly through employees' offices, with even less opportunity to indulge his one passion: the 1936 soft-top Bentley in which he tootles round the Dales on days off.’
- ‘He tootles around the island in a black, chauffeur-driven London taxi.’
- ‘Others tootled about Oodnadatta, surprised to see sparrows again, visiting the Pioneer Graveyard, and browsing in the railway building's museum.’
- ‘So today I had errands to run; both oldest daughters wanted help with some groceries and our fridge was looking a bit empty anyway, so M and I tootled off to Sainsbury's to get food.’
- ‘Goodness knows how many times I've turned the key, waited for the plugs to warm up, started the engine and tootled off merrily without a moment's problem or hesitation.’
- ‘So off I tootled to the garage with the petrol can, grabbed four litres of unleaded and got back home to find Mr Chippy all cleaned and gleaming, waiting for work.’
- ‘So, I got home Thursday evening from Atlanta and tootled off to work yesterday morning like a good girl.’
- ‘Our fail-safe plan of copying the best things that anyone else was doing was actually failing, after most of the people we knew had tootled off to England.’
- ‘Anyway, we tootled along tonight to see Chelsea play Leeds United.’
- ‘After the display we tootled up the hill to a wacky housing association place called The Quadrangle which was having a bonfire party.’
- ‘The Northern Professor and his Godpapa have tootled off down the drive for several days adventure in the north of England.’
- ‘They all went whizzing by us as we tootled along at forty miles per hour.’
wander, rove, ramble, meander, drift, maunder
noun
1An act or sound of blowing a horn, trumpet, or similar instrument.
‘the tootle and thump of the band’‘the twang and tootle of musical instruments’- ‘So something ‘Irish’ - a quick-tempered but romantic drunkard, or a wistful tootle of the uillean pipes - is not necessarily put there to say something about Ireland, but to say something about America.’
- ‘And so the Edinburgh Fringe begins, more with a tootle than a fanfare, as the week zero shows kick off (week zero being the pre-week before the first week - as if three weeks wasn't enough time to fit in all the shows).’
- ‘The EU's brave mission to improve its transparency continues to be seen as nothing more than another tootle of this tired old trumpet.’
- ‘Today, the upbeats will become more downbeat as the trumpet tootles peter out and the sax puts a lid on the headlong rush of demisemiquavers for another year.’
2informal A leisurely journey.
‘I was interested in a little more speed from the car than a tootle’trip, excursion, jaunt, expedition, pleasure trip, day trip, day out, tour, mystery tour, airing, drive, ride, run, turn, cruise, sally
Origin
Early 19th century frequentative of toot.
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