toot n.3
1. excrement, thus fig. nonsense.
DSUE (8th edn) 1250: since (?) mid-C.20. | ||
Twitter 7 June 🌐 That Michael Sheen story really is a load of old toot. |
2. (Aus.) a lavatory.
Aussie Eng. (1966) 36: Dyke – A toilet. Also known as a ‘dunny’, a ‘shouse’, a ‘toot.’. | ||
Aussie Swearers Guide 33: You can stay at home, get shickered [...] and have a good chunder in your own loo, la-la, toot or diddy. | ||
There was Kid 56: There are many euphemisms for dunnies, such as [...] loos, lalas, toots [AND]. | ||
Dict. of Obscenity etc. | ||
Guardian Rev. 3 Sept. 19: Bashful references to ‘toot’ and ‘ladies.’. |
3. (US) the act of breaking wind.
News Jrnl (Wilmington, DE) 14 Nov. F4/4: When gas heads south — usually called a fart, an air biscuit or a toot [etc]. |
In phrases
in trouble, facing problems.
DSUE (8th edn) 1250: [...] since (?) mid-C.20. |