boohoo
Americanverb (used without object)
noun
plural
boohoosverb
noun
Etymology
Origin of boohoo
First recorded in 1515–25; rhyming compound based on boo 1
Example Sentences
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“Grief is complicated, like love, and it’s not always just boohoo crying or pissed off and angry. It’s funny sometimes, in a morbid kind of way. It’s awkward. It’s many, many different things.”
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2023
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
You will look at his earnings and mock him with a boohoo.
From Washington Post • Sep. 19, 2019
But if you chop, cut, crush or smash one — boohoo.
From New York Times • Sep. 5, 2017
"Yes; but I won't wear no white feather—I'm brave, boohoo!"
From Two Little Savages Being the adventures of two boys who lived as Indians and what they learned by Seton, Ernest Thompson
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