# toot

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtuːt/ · frequency rank #28,058

## Definitions
1. The noise of a horn or whistle.
2. A fart; flatus.
3. Cocaine.
4. A portion of cocaine that a person snorts.
5. A spree of drunkenness.
6. Rubbish; tat.
7. A message on the social networking software Mastodon.

## Etymology
Probably onomatopoeic in origin. Compare Dutch toeteren (“to blow a horn”), German tuten, Swedish tuta, Danish tude.
Noun etymology 1 sense 7 ("Mastodon post") and verb etymology 1 sense 10 ("to post on Mastodon") are influenced by tweet (“Twitter post”).

## Easily confused with
- **TT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toot-vs-tt)
- **two** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toot-vs-two)
- **top** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toot-vs-top)
- **toy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toot-vs-toy)
- **tow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toot-vs-tow)
- **tor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toot-vs-tor)
- **TOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toot-vs-tos)
- **tot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toot-vs-tot)
- **tut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toot-vs-tut)
- **TOV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toot-vs-tov)
- **town** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toot-vs-town)
- **tour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toot-vs-tour)
- **toys** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toot-vs-toys)
- **torn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toot-vs-torn)
- **tops** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toot-vs-tops)
- **Troy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toot-vs-troy)
- **toss** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toot-vs-toss)
- **Tory** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toot-vs-tory)
- **tore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toot-vs-tore)
- **twat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/toot-vs-twat)

## Common misspellings (2)
`toott`, `ttoot`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/toot