boo
interjection
(used to express contempt or disapprobation or to startle or frighten.)
is booing
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present progressiveof boo (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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So is booing your own team and manager ever justified?
From BBC ● Feb. 13, 2026
It made me wonder is booing something you should do at the All-Star Game, particularly when the Astros are on the Mariners’ team for a day.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2023
"It's messing with everyone's mic. You can grimace and all that. All we hear is booing."
From Fox News ● Nov. 7, 2019
Nowhere in public life outside of politics and sports is booing so respectable.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2016
But there is booing, and then there is the kind of demonstration that happened here on Wednesday night at the end of “Götterdämmerung.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 1, 2013
