boohoo
[ boo-hoo ]
verb (used without object),boo·hooed, boo·hoo·ing.
to weep noisily; blubber.
noun,plural boo·hoos.
the sound of noisy weeping.
Origin of boohoo
1First recorded in 1515–25; rhyming compound based on boo1
Words Nearby boohoo
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How to use boohoo in a sentence
"boohoo as much as you like," cried the Yankee in a shrill tone, that was heard above all the howlings of the unlucky Sambo.
Then she boohoo'd too, and the tears that fell between us looked like we were artesian wells—they certainly did.
Mary Cary | Kate Langley Bosher
British Dictionary definitions for boohoo
boohoo
/ (ˌbuːˈhuː) /
verb-hoos, -hooing or -hooed
to sob or pretend to sob noisily
nounplural -hoos
(sometimes plural) distressed or pretended sobbing
Origin of boohoo
1C20: nursery talk
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