Shoo meaning

sho͝o
Used to frighten away animals or birds.
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To drive or frighten away by or as if by crying “shoo.”
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Go away; get out.
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To cry “shoo”
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To drive away abruptly, by or as by waving the hand or arm and crying “shoo”
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(informal) To induce someone or something to leave.

Don't just shoo away mosquitoes, kill them!

See if you can shoo off the insurance salesmen.

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(intransitive, informal) To leave under inducement.

You kids had better shoo before your parents get a call.

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(informal, rare) To usher someone.

Shoo the visitor in.

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(informal, demeaning) Go away! Clear off!
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Origin of shoo

  • Compare German scheuchen to scare, drive away.
    From Wiktionary

Shoo Sentence Examples

  • "There's some rice..." she offered, "and the carrots…" but he continued to shoo her out of the room.

  • I suppose a guy should be careful whose filly he's trying to shoo into his stable - especially when she's still wearing another man's halter.

  • In the not too distant future, tiny robots will detect pests on produce and emit a signal to shoo them away.

  • shoo the dog back out and close the door properly.

  • shoo away subcontractors with spurious claims.

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