Hooter/hooters

Origin of: Hooter/hooters

Hooter/hooters

Hooter is British slang for nose from the 1930s, from hooter being an alternative word for trumpet, from the allusion that trumpet-blowing and nose-blowing making similar sounds. Hooters is also American slang for female breasts from the early 20th century deriving from the similarity with early motor horns, which were rounded and made from inflated rubber.