shooed; shooing; shoos
: to scare, drive, or send away by or as if by crying shoo
shooed us away from the kitchen
Examples of shoo in a Sentence
Verb
We tried to help her, but she shooed us away.
He shooed the cat out of the house.
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Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
The reel opened with footage of Meghan opening a freezer drawer before shooing away the camera.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2025
Pascal first tried to shoo the insect away.
—Debbie Day, EW.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Kayla told Newsweek via TikTok that the cat's interruption went on for about five minutes before her husband finally picked Bee up and shooed her off-screen.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
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Verb
After some back-and-forth, the man took the ball from his son’s glove, handed it over to the woman and shooed her away.
—Jacob Lev, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
The reel opened with footage of Meghan opening a freezer drawer before shooing away the camera.
—Janine Henni, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2025
Pascal first tried to shoo the insect away.
—Debbie Day, EW.com, 20 Aug. 2025
Kayla told Newsweek via TikTok that the cat's interruption went on for about five minutes before her husband finally picked Bee up and shooed her off-screen.
—Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for shoo
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“Shoo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoo. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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