rootin'-tootin'

root in'-toot in' |ˈro͞otn ˈto͞otn ruːtɪnˈtuːtɪn | ▶adjective informal brashly or boisterously enthusiastic: their rootin'-tootin' summer adventures. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: reduplication of rooting in the sense ‘inquisitive, ’ an early dialect sense of the compound.

rootin'-tootin'

rootin'-tootin' |ruːtɪnˈtuːtɪn | ▶adjective informal, chiefly N. Amer. brashly or boisterously enthusiastic: a rootin'-tootin' Wild West show. ORIGIN late 19th cent.: reduplication of rooting in the sense ‘inquisitive ’, an early dialect sense of the compound.