OED - HOOT- an inarticulate exclamation; a shout of laughter.
HOOT - Money, especially as recompense.
HOOT -Laugh loudly; assail with shouts of disapproval, derisio; drive away by hooting.
HOOTENANNY - a gadget; an informal party esp with folk music.
I have heard hoot used as in "I don't give a hoot" and
Hootenanny as in "It was a great Hootenanny" but never
heard "Never gave a hootnanny""
Hmmmmm