hooter

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun informal terms for the nose
noun a device on an automobile for making a warning noise
noun nocturnal bird of prey with hawk-like beak and claws and large head with front-facing eyes

From hoot + -er.

"Sound your hooter!" shouted Aunt Harriet quickly, as a motor cycle hove in sight. — The Luckiest Girl in the School, Angela Brazil
And there was Billy, with his birch-bark hooter, forty yards below us--he could see the moose perfectly. — The Boy Scouts Book of Campfire Stories, Unknown
Mr. Arnold, who had come to fetch his wife, was sounding his hooter as a signal on the drive. — For the Sake of the School, Angela Brazil

beak, honker, nozzle, snoot, snout, schnozzle, schnoz

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