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shoo

[ shoo ]

interjection

  1. (used to scare or drive away a cat, dog, chickens, birds, etc.)


verb (used with object)

shooed, shooing.
  1. to drive away by saying or shouting “shoo.”
  2. to request or force (a person) to leave:

    I'll have to shoo you out of here now.

verb (used without object)

shooed, shooing.
  1. to call out “shoo.”

shoo

/ ʃː /

interjection

  1. go away!: used to drive away unwanted or annoying people, animals, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to drive away by or as if by crying "shoo."
  2. intr to cry "shoo."
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of shoo1

1475–85; earlier showe, shough, shooh, ssou (interjection), imitative; compare German schu
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of shoo1

C15: imitative; related to Middle High German ū, French shou, Italian scio
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The grave became a place of veneration, then a site of controversy in the early 2000s when Little Round Top’s owner began to shoo away the curious.

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Before going into labor, however, Madrigal shooed off a wave of nurses who asked if she wanted to have her fallopian tubes tied.

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He shooed the wasps away as he inspected a crimson smear on the rubble.

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If the Dodgers and starter Walker Buehler shoo away the pesky Padres one more time, the game will end with a dogpile on the mound and champagne in the clubhouse.

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A security guard, David Portillo, was shooing away two men who appeared to be high on something.

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