boohoo Hear it!

boohoo definition

boo·hoo (bo̵̅o̅′ho̵̅o̅′)

intransitive verb boohooed -·hooed′, boohooing -·hoo′·ing

Informal to weep noisily

Etymology: echoic

noun pl. boohoos -·hoos′

Informal noisy weeping

interjection

used to suggest the sound of noisy weeping

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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