tootling

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of tootle

noun

1. The sound of a tootle.

   “[…] raving through the mad scene in Lucia amid childish orchestral tootlings […]”

   “Then with melodious tootlings and amidst guttural plaudits, a big white automobile carrying a glitter of uniforms had gone by, driven at a headlong pace.”