Definition of "tootle" in Anglais

verb

1. (intransitive) To make a soft toot sound.

2. (transitive) To play (a musical instrument) making such a sound.

3. (intransitive, colloquial) To go (somewhere); to amble aimlessly.

4. (transitive, colloquial) To transport (someone somewhere).

noun

1. 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.

2. (colloquial) A trip or excursion.