tootle means A surname. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.
tootle is pronounced /ˈtuːtəl/.
Etymology
From toot + -le, frequentative.
noun
- A soft toot sound.“1891, Thirteen Essays on Education, London: Percival & Co., E. W. Howson, “The Teaching of Music in Public Schools,” p. 37,
No one, least of all those with a musical ear, can take a form or even read a book in close proximity to the ineffectual tootle of a flute, the maddening squeaks of a raw fiddler, or the spasmodic grunts of a euphonium.”
- A trip or excursion.“In between, is Granny May’s only daughter Juliet. A wonderful character who still joins me on the odd tootle.”
verb
- 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.”
- To play (a musical instrument) making such a sound.“A young, fresh-faced man, sitting by the driver, tootled a tandem horn.”
- To go (somewhere); to amble aimlessly.“I suppose we’d better tootle back to the ballroom.”
- To transport (someone somewhere).“[…] he would just see if his shover had enough in the tank to tootle them down to Warborough […]”