tootle

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈtuːtəl/

Etymology: From toot + -le, frequentative.

A soft toot sound.
“1891, Thirteen Essays on Education, London: Percival & Co., E. W. Howson, “The Teaching of Music in Public Schools,” p. 37, No one, least of all those with a musical ear, can take a form or even read a book in close proximity to the ineffectual tootle of a flute, the maddening squeaks of a raw fiddler, or the spasmodic grunts of a euphonium.”
“The glamour of the sawdust world, the cheers of the crowd, the smell of hot dogs and cotton candy, the blare and tootle of the midway—he envied the gypsy family, here today and gone tomorrow.”
A trip or excursion.
“In between, is Granny May’s only daughter Juliet. A wonderful character who still joins me on the odd tootle.”
“On weekends you can take a short tootle over to itsy-bitsy Pelican Island on a free ferry […]”

Etymology: From toot + -le, frequentative.

To make a soft toot sound.
“Now the scythe the morn salutes, In the meadow tinkling soon; While on mellow-tootling flutes Sweetly breathes the shepherd’s tune.”
“We know the old lady is upstairs and that she is quite alone in the house and therefore it would be perfectly useless for her to tootle on her bedroom bell.”
To play (a musical instrument) making such a sound.
“A young, fresh-faced man, sitting by the driver, tootled a tandem horn.”
“[…] Cecil can tootle a pretty fair sax, at that, if the play happens to come up.”
To go (somewhere); to amble aimlessly.
“I suppose we’d better tootle back to the ballroom.”
“‘When my old bike comes I shall tootle up and down the drive! Some swank!’”
To transport (someone somewhere).
“[…] he would just see if his shover had enough in the tank to tootle them down to Warborough […]”
“Say I pick you up and tootle you over with your hens.”