English Dictionary

tootle

/ˈtuːtəl/

verb

(intransitive) To make a soft toot sound. / (transitive) To play (a musical instrument) making such a sound. / (intransitive, colloquial) To go (somewhere); to amble aimlessly.

The train tootles as it passes by.

意味（1）

(intransitive) To make a soft toot sound.

Now the scythe the morn salutes,

In the meadow tinkling soon;

While on mellow-tootling flutes

Now the scythe the morn salutes, In the meadow tinkling soon; While on mellow-tootling flutes Sweetly breathes the shepherd’s tune.

意味（2）

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

A young, fresh-faced man, sitting by the driver, tootled a tandem horn.

意味（3）

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

I suppose we’d better tootle back to the ballroom.

意味（4）

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

[…] he would just see if his shover had enough in the tank to tootle them down to Warborough […]