shoo

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interjection
  1. (used to scare or drive away a cat, dog, chickens, birds, etc.)

verb (used with object),shooed, shoo·ing.
  1. to drive away by saying or shouting “shoo.”

  2. to request or force (a person) to leave: I'll have to shoo you out of here now.

verb (used without object),shooed, shoo·ing.
  1. to call out “shoo.”

Origin of shoo

1
1475–85; earlier showe, shough, shooh, ssou (interjection), imitative; compare German schu

Words that may be confused with shoo

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How to use shoo in a sentence

  • Sarah bustled him out of the room, as one shoos chickens, and I lay back on my pillows and laughed.

    Mavis of Green Hill | Faith Baldwin
  • It came about thus that I sought out Moses Shoos, wishing for him upon this high adventure because of his chivalry.

  • Twas Moses Shoos 178 that blew; there was no mistaking the long-drawn blast.

  • I like t geev da Kais a 54 keek in da face wid-a dose shoos.

    Conscript 2989 | Irving Crump
  • No hale man ever loves him; he stirs the sportsman's wrath; the whole world kicks and shoves him and shoos him from the path.

    Rippling Rhymes | Walt Mason

British Dictionary definitions for shoo

shoo

/ (ʃuː) /


interjection
  1. go away!: used to drive away unwanted or annoying people, animals, etc

verbshoos, shooing or shooed
  1. (tr) to drive away by or as if by crying "shoo."

  2. (intr) to cry "shoo."

Origin of shoo

1
C15: imitative; related to Middle High German schū, French shou, Italian scio

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