tootling

At another: "Two years later, in 1966, the old colony was named Guyana, and the British departed in a great display of feathers and tootling trumpets."

From Guyana to Guiana Wayne Curtis 2011

But in Baron's colorful setting, the strings-only writing in Contrapunctus No. 1 might have come from a string quartet from Beethoven or Brahms; the tootling bassoon and clarinet in the subsequent movement sounded like Kurt Weill; Contrapunctus No. 6 evoked Renaissance consort music; and anytime Baron had the full ensemble playing, the ghost of Stravinsky took charge.

Orion String Quartet and Windscape take on the visionary Bach 2011

And even if they do, they mostly likely own cars and need somewhere to park them while they are riding the bus or MAX or tootling around on the streetcar.

Not up to code (Jack Bog's Blog) 2009

Any writer who can slyly work history into his narratives without the tootling of trumpets, the raising of showy curtains and the heroic yawning of readers is to be commended.

From Guyana to Guiana Wayne Curtis 2011

It was understood that warp drive was a necessary prerequisite for interstellar journeys, whereas impulse drive sufficed for tootling around the solar system.

May 2008 2008

And boy do they shine — bouncing, crooning, tootling, moaning, and blaring by way of those instrument storytellers.

2010 January 12 « educating alice 2010

She can always tell by the tootling sound of the Volkswagen.

Angels Carry the Sun excerpt: Chapter One, In the Woods 2010

And boy do they shine — bouncing, crooning, tootling, moaning, and blaring by way of those instrument storytellers.

Thoughts on Newbery: Seven Distinquished Books « educating alice 2010

Roman Abramovich has been tootling around the Med on his yacht with his captain's hat at the jauntiest of jaunty angles and noticed Monaco's Chu-Young Park through his binoculars with an £8m price tag slapped on his head.

Football transfer rumours: Carlton Cole to Liverpool? 2010

It was understood that warp drive was a necessary prerequisite for interstellar journeys, whereas impulse drive sufficed for tootling around the solar system.

MIND MELD: Scientific Accuracy in Stories 2008