boohoo
Americanverb (used without object)
noun
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boohoos
plural
verb
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of boohoo
First recorded in 1515–25; rhyming compound based on boo 1
Example Sentences
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Well, boohoo to the two candidates who think it is so unfair that they aren’t able to break Washington state law.
From Seattle Times ● May 15, 2024
They're on the show to bring enough attention to their Instagram accounts, sell some diet teas, possibly land a fashion collaboration with boohoo or some other Instagram boutique.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2021
“I can’t wait to get up here on a Friday evening, and I boohoo all the way home on Sunday nights.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2019
You will look at his earnings and mock him with a boohoo.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 19, 2019
The children set up a boohoo that brought Mr. Hobbs from the front doorstep where he had been sitting smoking.
From The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel by John Maurice Miller
Then he hands it off to Greg who reads from a soulless statement informing them they've all been fired as Tom fake boohoos off camera.
From Salon ● May 8, 2023
Big boohoos, with little squeals of frustration when she punches her teddy bear.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
“I boohooed through it. When we were writing about it, I started crying,” said Kinsey, who played the stickler, cat-loving accountant, Angela Martin.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2022
He claimed it had been boohooed as it was dangerous but no fire could happen as it’s all stone.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 17, 2020
When they went to bat, they were "boohooed" from their opponents' bench.
From Time Magazine Archive
The tears jest run down most everybody's face, and when the mourners wuz addressed, why, big, hefty men all round me jest boohooed right out.
From Samantha at the World's Fair by Baron C. de Grimm
If de Lord in his goodness take you away, let me go wid you, Missus;' and I was so sorry I boohooed right out, and groaned and wipy eye like courtin' amost.
From Nature and Human Nature by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
A majority of the characters hold Hollywood jobs — save for a poet, a musician and a blogger — and an oddly large number are recently single and boohooing over their exes.
From New York Times ● Oct. 5, 2021
But no amount of boohooing about being lonely and listening to Snow Patrol is going to make it any better.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 25, 2012
A few million of her admirers, who have found her vastly appealing, might join in her "detestable boohooing," as Henry Higgins called it.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is boohooing loudly, wiping his eyes with his knuckles.
From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein
“Go on. Ain’t neither gull on this Bay up there boohooing ’cause some sailor’s gone to war.
From "Jacob Have I Loved" by Katherine Paterson
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