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shoo definition

shoo (s̸ho̵̅o̅)

interjection

go away; get out: used as in driving away chickens or other animals

Etymology: echoic

intransitive verb shooed, shooing shoo′·ing

to cry “shoo”

transitive verb

to drive away abruptly, by or as by crying “shoo”

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