shoo
interjection
(used to scare or drive away a cat, dog, chickens, birds, etc.)
shooed
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past participleof shoo.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof shoo.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
shoointerjection(used to scare or drive away a cat, dog, chickens, birds, etc.)
Example Sentences
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He never shooed them away from his canvases, they say, and they grew up hearing him speak about art for hours during museum visits and at art fairs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
About the only familiarity Thursday was the scoring, kept in check by a strong wind that finally shooed away the fog and gave Scottie Scheffler, Rory McIlroy and the rest all they could handle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 18, 2026
The man disappeared around a corner as security guards shooed the lawyer back to another room.
From Slate ● Oct. 10, 2025
After taking a few laps of the gore, it gets shooed away.
From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2024
I shooed Biddy out, but there wasn’t time to do anything about Muc.
From "Nory Ryan’s Song" by Patricia Reilly Giff
