tootling

English

Verb

tootling

  1. present participle of tootle

Noun

tootling (plural tootlings)

  1. The sound of a tootle.
    • 1894, George Bernard Shaw, “Puccini: Manon Lescaut” in Louis Crompton (ed.), The Great Composers: Reviews and Bombardments by Bernard Shaw, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1978, p. 307,
      [] raving through the mad scene in Lucia amid childish orchestral tootlings []
    • 1918, H. G. Wells, Joan and Peter, London: Cassell, Chapter 12, p. 491,
      Then with melodious tootlings and amidst guttural plaudits, a big white automobile carrying a glitter of uniforms had gone by, driven at a headlong pace.
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