as in drunk
a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking
about every six months he disappears for a week and goes on a toot
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Recent Examples of toot
Tootsie Scooter — officially known as the divine Suzie Toot — has scooted her final toot on the RuPaul's Drag Race season 17 stage.
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Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Even if zero toots escape, moving your body can, again, encourage those gut contractions that pass food through your bowels and toward your colon.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Nov. 2024
On Kelly Ripa’s Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast, Sonnenfeld told a tale of a toot.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
With a toot of its horn and a metallic screech, the Alishan Forest Railway rumbles out of Chiayi, a midsize city in southern Taiwan.
—Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2020
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Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Even if zero toots escape, moving your body can, again, encourage those gut contractions that pass food through your bowels and toward your colon.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 26 Nov. 2024
On Kelly Ripa’s Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast, Sonnenfeld told a tale of a toot.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 2 Oct. 2024
With a toot of its horn and a metallic screech, the Alishan Forest Railway rumbles out of Chiayi, a midsize city in southern Taiwan.
—Chris Schalkx, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Feb. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for toot
Noun
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First off, the guy on the sidewalk outside the liquor store was a drunk, not an oracle.—
David Sedaris,
New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2026
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His new assistant, Yancey, was a drunk.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Much of Nvidia’s financing spree has gone to companies that buy its chips, leading to criticism that such circular investments are fueling a bubble.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
16 Mar. 2026
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That efficiency was evident during his quick scoring spree on Sunday.—
Mike Curtis,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Given how well Queta has played this season, that at-the-rim scoring binge was impressive, but not shocking.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
15 Mar. 2026
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After the delay, Scheffler enjoyed a back-nine birdie binge, with a five on eight holes.—
Edgar Thompson,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Mar. 2026
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Writer-director BenDavid Grabinski makes a strong case to change that in an exuberant time travel genre-bender where what’s old often leads to fresh ideas.—
Stephen Saito,
Variety,
16 Mar. 2026
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The latest film from Polish filmmaker Jan Komasa follows a 19-year-old degenerate raver from London who, in the last gasp of an all-time bender, is kidnapped by Stephen Graham and chained up in the basement of a posh estate.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
6 Mar. 2026
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“Toot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/toot. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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