1. [n]  something of little value; "it is not worth a damn"; "not worth shucks"
2. [n]  a loud raucous cry as of an awl
3. [n]  a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
4. [v]  to utter a loud clamorous shout; "the toughs and blades of the city hoot and bang their drums, drink arak, play dice, and dance."

Hoot
Middle school student Roy Eberhardt is a new resident to the town of Coconut Grove, Florida. He doesn`t have many friends but is intrigued when he notices a barefoot boy running through the woods near his home. Roy eventually befriends this boy and discovers that he is an environmental activist who will use any means necessary to prevent developers from destroying the woodland homes of a colony of burrowing owls. A 2003 Newbery Honor book.

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1. \Hoot\ (h[=oo]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Hooted}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Hooting}.] [OE. hoten, houten, huten; cf. OSw. huta,
   Sw. huta ut to take one up sharply, fr. Sw. hut interj.,
   begone! cf. also W. hwt off! off with it! away! hoot!]
   1. To cry out or shout in contempt.
            Matrons and girls shall hoot at thee no more.
                                                  --Dryden.
   2. To make the peculiar cry of an owl.
            The clamorous owl that nightly hoots. --Shak.
   

2. \Hoot\, v. t.
   To assail with contemptuous cries or shouts; to follow with
   derisive shouts.
         Partridge and his clan may hoot me for a cheat.
                                                  --Swift.
   

3. \Hoot\, n.
   1. A derisive cry or shout. --Glanvill.
   2. The cry of an owl.
   {Hoot owl} (Zo["o]l.), the barred owl ({Syrnium nebulosum}).
      See {Barred owl}.