[
UK
/tˈuːtəl/
]
[ US /ˈtutəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈtutəɫ/ ]
VERB
-
play (a musical instrument) casually
the saxophone player was tootling a sad melody
NOUN
-
the sound of casual playing on a musical instrument
he enjoyed hearing the tootles of their horns as the musicians warmed up
How To Use tootle In A Sentence
- They all went whizzing by us as we tootled along at forty miles per hour.
- Anyway, we tootled along tonight to see Chelsea play Leeds United.
- That means he'll be spending more time on the hoof, moving quietly through employees' offices, with even less opportunity to indulge his one passion: the 1936 soft-top Bentley in which he tootles round the Dales on days off.
- So off I would tootle to write a bit of colour at the Open Championship. Back in the swing at the Open again thanks to cricket's silly season
- Today, the upbeats will become more downbeat as the trumpet tootles peter out and the sax puts a lid on the headlong rush of demisemiquavers for another year.
- Tootle seems to be essentially a cautionary tale, warning the child to stay on the narrow road of virtue.
- So off I tootled to the garage with the petrol can, grabbed four litres of unleaded and got back home to find Mr Chippy all cleaned and gleaming, waiting for work.
- People tootle around the streets in rental golf carts, or walk: there's plenty of time to stroll when everyone else is on foot, too.
- She “tootled” downstairs to the ER, where they put nifedipine capsules under her tongue to bring down the pressure; she was nauseous and vomiting. After the Diagnosis
- After the display we tootled up the hill to a wacky housing association place called The Quadrangle which was having a bonfire party.