tootle /ˈtuːtəl/verb 4noun 2forms 3 verb4 •To make a soft toot sound.Now the scythe the morn salutes, In the meadow tinkling soon; While on mellow-tootling flutes Sweetly breathes the shepherd’s tune. — 1820 •(informal) To go (somewhere); to amble aimlessly.I suppose we’d better tootle back to the ballroom. — 1933 •To play (a musical instrument) making such a sound.A young, fresh-faced man, sitting by the driver, tootled a tandem horn. — 1917 •(informal) To transport (someone somewhere).[…] he would just see if his shover had enough in the tank to tootle them down to Warborough […] — 1911 noun2 •(informal) A trip or excursion.In between, is Granny May’s only daughter Juliet. A wonderful character who still joins me on the odd tootle. — 1979 •A soft toot sound.The glamour of the sawdust world, the cheers of the crowd, the smell of hot dogs and cotton candy, the blare and tootle of the midway—he envied the gypsy family, here today and gone tomorrow. — 1958 formstootled · tootling · tootles
