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An affectionate or familiar term of address; Honey; Baby

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Used as a noun, listen here, it means: An affectionate or familiar term of address; Honey; Baby . Used as an adverb, listen here, it means: Sounds a horn or whistle; Acts of sounding a horn or whistle; Periods or instances of drunken revelry; binge; spree.

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  • First, to "toots", for helping mold a young boy into the president elect.
  • A train's horn "toots", but for me the meaning is something a bit more, well, personal.
  • So listen toots, keep all your toes under control.
  • As The Joker would say: "Put up or shut up, toots!"
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  • ''toots" is a heteronym, which means you may find it with different pronunciations and different meanings.
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