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tootle

  (tūt'l) pronunciation
intr.v., -tled, -tling, -tles.
  1. To toot softly and repeatedly, as on a flute.
  2. Informal. To walk or drive in a leisurely manner; amble: spent the morning tootling around town.
n.

The act or sound of tooting softly and repeatedly, as on a flute.

phrasal verb:

tootle off Informal.

  1. To depart; go.

[Frequentative of TOOT.]


 
 
WordNet: tootle
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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: sound of tooting softly and repeatedly as on a flute


The verb tootle has one meaning:

Meaning #1: toot continuously; as of a car horn


 
Wikipedia: Tootle

Tootle is a children's book written and illustrated in 1945 by Gertrude Crampton. It is part of Simon and Schuster's Little Golden Books series. As of 2001, it was the all-time third best-selling hardcover children's book in English[1].

The story

The protagonist is Tootle, who is a baby locomotive who is attending train school, hoping to grow up to be the Flyer on the New York-Chicago route. His schoolwork involves such tasks as stopping at red flags and pulling a dining car without spilling the soup. Most important, however, is that he must stay on the rails no matter what. One day, Tootle leaps off the rails to race against a horse. He finds that he enjoys chasing butterflies in the pasture and picking buttercups, even though he has been instructed to remain on the rails. Tootle's instructors and the townspeople come up with a plan to make him stop playing in the meadow and stay on the tracks.

Criticism

Many parents object to the message that little trains must "stay on the rails no matter what", considering it inflexible and authoritarian. They see the story as a tragedy in which Tootle, an individualist, is forced by the townspeople to leave his happy pasture and to return to his societally-approved role.

External links

References

  1. ^ Publishers Weekly, 17 December 2001. Available online.

 
Translations: Translations for: Tootle

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - tude, trutte, trille, trisse
n. - trille, en tur i bil

Nederlands (Dutch)
kuieren, toeteren op (een instrument)

Français (French)
v. intr. - (GB) faire un petit tour, (gén) jouer un petit air
n. - notes (brèves) (de trompette, de klaxon), petit air

Deutsch (German)
v. - tuten, dudeln, flöten, (ugs.) schlendern, zuckeln
n. - Tuten, Spazierfahrt

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - σαλπίζω ή κορνάρω γλυκά ή παρατεταμένα, ρολάρω, οδηγώ αυτοκίνητο αργά ή άνετα
n. - απαλό σφύριγμα ή σειρά από σφυρίγματα, βόλτα με αυτοκίνητο

Italiano (Italian)
squillare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - produzir sons curtos, suaves e repetidos (flauta)
n. - flauteio (m)

Русский (Russian)
звук дудки, играть на дудке/флейте, двигаться без цели

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - tocar suavemente o continuamente la flauta, producir un sonido flauteado
n. - sonido flauteado

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - tuta, drilla på flöjt, flöjta
n. - tutande, drillande, flöjtande

中文(简体) (Chinese (Simplified))
轻吹, 胡说八道, 废话, 无聊文章

中文(繁體) (Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 輕吹, 胡說八道
n. - 廢話, 無聊文章, 輕吹

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 피리 등을 느리게 불다, 짹짹 울다, 객담을 늘어놓다
n. - 피리 등을 부는 소리, 잡담

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 笛をゆるやかに吹く, ピーピー鳴く, 吹く
n. - 笛などを吹くこと, だらだらした話

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يصفر أو يبوق برفق أو تكرار (الاسم) صفير‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮צפר (ממושכות), הלך בנחת, נהג באיטיות, צפר שוב ושוב‬
n. - ‮צפירה‬


 
 

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