shoo
shoo
Definition
shoo (s̸ho̵̅o̅)
go away; get out: used as in driving away chickens or other animals
Etymology: echoic
intransitive verb shooed, shoo′·ing
to cry “shoo”
transitive verb
to drive away abruptly, by or as by crying “shoo”
shoo
Synonyms
shoo
Usage Examples
Followed by a transitive particle
- away: Wrong, wrong, says Tolent, we only want to shoo away subcontractors with spurious claims.
- off: A friendly mooring warden came along and shooed off some kids cycling!
Object
- fly: We saw Kuma sleeping in the shade; his tail wagged around a few times shooing the fly 's away.
- wop: But I didn't put the bop in bop shoo wop - that was someone else.
- dog: His owner followed him, intending to shoo the dog back out and close the door properly.
- bird: Eleanor had to shoo the bird away, which meant she was climbing away from the car instead of closing in on it.
Modifying Another Word
- away: Little brother Kurt was shooed away from the bedroom again.
- quickly: This young upstart only became a Munro in 1981, but is quickly shooed back to the ranks.
- then: I then shooed Slinky into the house, and he hissed at me!
Followed by an intransitive particle
- off: In the past I've " shooed off " some classes of questions --- particularly regarding X Windows configuration and similar items.
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