shoo [ shoo ] SHOW IPA
/ ʃu / PHONETIC RESPELLING
interjection
(used to scare or drive away a cat, dog, chickens, birds, etc.)
verb (used with object), shooed, shoo·ing.
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), shooed, shoo·ing.
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Origin of shoo 1475–85; earlier showe, shough, shooh, ssou (interjection), imitative; compare German schu
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH shoo shoe , shoo
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Words related to shoo git ,
scoot ,
scram ,
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depart ,
hightail ,
leave ,
off ,
out ,
scat ,
skiddoo ,
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beat it ,
begone ,
be off ,
bug off ,
get going ,
get out ,
out of the way ,
go away
How to use shoo in a sentence One executive who is familiar with how FYC brand deals are conducted but asked to remain anonymous said that the prime clients that buy custom content campaigns during award season are the cusp films and shows that know they are not shoo -ins.
Chris doesn’t think they’re a shoo -in to win the East, and it remains to be seen how well Harden, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving can share duties once Irving rejoins the team.
That doesn’t mean the Chiefs are a shoo -in for another championship ring.
“Some guy came up and shoo ed them all away because TV was Western,” recalls the officer, who asked not to be named.
Bobby Vinton and The Singing Nun and their ilk were not to be instantly shoo ed off the Billboard charts.
He says the cops shoo ed them away, got back in their cars, and drove off.
For their hard work, they are treated like subhuman filth and shoo ed to the “colored” restroom out back.
On Friday, he physically shoo ed away Nick Pisa, an Anglo-Italian reporter who writes for a variety of British publications.
And Mrs. Davis bustled out of the cabin and energetically shoo ed the curious youngsters away.
Luckily Buster had time to make a hearty meal off the sugar before a red-cheeked girl shoo ed him away.
I sidestepped in the nick of time and shoo ed Juno away to the orchard, where she could enjoy herself without getting into trouble.
It stopped to nibble a few burrs, and when it was shoo ed on, it didn't stop to walk around the obstruction.
Got a few men to listen to me, but they shoo ed me off when they found that we wouldn't take 'em in and give 'em all the profits.
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British Dictionary definitions for shoo
interjection
go away!: used to drive away unwanted or annoying people, animals, etc
verb shoos , shooing or shooed
(tr) to drive away by or as if by crying "shoo."
(intr) to cry "shoo."
Word Origin for shoo C15: imitative; related to Middle High German schū, French shou, Italian scio
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