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boohoo

[boo-hoo]

verb (used without object)

to weep noisily; blubber.

noun

the sound of noisy weeping.

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Origin:
1515–25; rhyming compound based on boo

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boohoo (ˌbuːˈhuː)

—vb , -hoos, -hooing, -hooed
1.	to sob or pretend to sob noisily

—n , -hoos, -hooing, -hooed, -hoos
2.	(sometimes plural) distressed or pretended sobbing

[C20: nursery talk]

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