"give a hoot" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-give a hoot.ogg [Australia] Forms: gives a hoot [present, singular, third-person], giving a hoot [participle, present], gave a hoot [past], given a hoot [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|give<,,gave,given> a hoot}} give a hoot (third-person singular simple present gives a hoot, present participle giving a hoot, simple past gave a hoot, past participle given a hoot)
  1. (chiefly US slang, idiomatic) To care about; to place value on something. Wikipedia link: Woodsy Owl Tags: US, idiomatic, slang Synonyms: care Related terms: give two hoots
    Sense id: en-give_a_hoot-en-verb-QvvpBdFH Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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