Jul 24, 2023 07:42
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English term
Not a translator
Poland
Poland
Native in: Polish 
Toot de toot!
English
Other
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
British English/ slang? idiom? Prime Suspect 1991
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5kns14
35:30 --> 35:42
Toot de toot! === dick ??? or something else?
35:30 --> 35:42
Toot de toot! === dick ??? or something else?
Responses
| 3 +1 | imitation trumpet fanfare |
Alison MacG
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References
| Meaning of "toot" |
Sakshi Garg
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Responses
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Alison MacG
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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English
United Kingdom
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Native in: English (Variants: UK, British, Scottish) 
Works in: German to English, French to English, Swedish to English, and 4 more.
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imitation trumpet fanfare
The ITV subtitles for this episode give this as Toot-te-toot!
I think this is meant as an imitation trumpet fanfare, used in the same way as a drum roll or the exclamation ta-da as the prelude to an impressive entrance, dramatic announcement or joke punchline.
An example of this usage:
NOUN MARKERS
This is the term for the three adjectives "a", "an" and "the". When I introduce these to the students, I first make my hand into a trumpet, " Toot-te-toot", and then announce, "Noun coming!!!!!!" Students quickly get the idea, and we move on to other things. Young students especially love the drama of the hand trumpet and seem to remember these three little words when they are presented in this fashion.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JMIB6IfLwusC&newbks=1&ne...
I think this is meant as an imitation trumpet fanfare, used in the same way as a drum roll or the exclamation ta-da as the prelude to an impressive entrance, dramatic announcement or joke punchline.
An example of this usage:
NOUN MARKERS
This is the term for the three adjectives "a", "an" and "the". When I introduce these to the students, I first make my hand into a trumpet, " Toot-te-toot", and then announce, "Noun coming!!!!!!" Students quickly get the idea, and we move on to other things. Young students especially love the drama of the hand trumpet and seem to remember these three little words when they are presented in this fashion.
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=JMIB6IfLwusC&newbks=1&ne...
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Yvonne Gallagher
: yes, makes sense. Just before punchline
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Thanks, Yvonne
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Reference comments
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Sakshi Garg
India
India
Native in English
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English
Specializes in field
India
- Because every word matters
Native in: English (Variants: Jamaican, US, Australian, French, Wales / Welsh, Singaporean, British, New Zealand, Scottish, South African, US South, Canadian, UK, Irish, Indian) , French
Reference:
Meaning of "toot"
I found the meaning of "toot" in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English:
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Discussion
You can watch the full episode 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sYlfkzn69lE .
At 1:29:11 commences a stand up "Red Riding Hood" performance. Listen to the "toot-de-toot" (or similar) shouted by the spectators at 1:30:32 after the performer made a characteristic hand gesture.