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shoo
[ shoo ]
interjection
- (used to scare or drive away a cat, dog, chickens, birds, etc.)
verb (used with object)
- to drive away by saying or shouting “shoo.”
- to request or force (a person) to leave:
I'll have to shoo you out of here now.
verb (used without object)
- to call out “shoo.”
shoo
/ ʃː /
interjection
- go away!: used to drive away unwanted or annoying people, animals, etc
verb
- tr to drive away by or as if by crying "shoo."
- intr to cry "shoo."
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of shoo1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of shoo1
Example Sentences
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.
Before going into labor, however, Madrigal shooed off a wave of nurses who asked if she wanted to have her fallopian tubes tied.
He shooed the wasps away as he inspected a crimson smear on the rubble.
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.
A security guard, David Portillo, was shooing away two men who appeared to be high on something.
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