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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James Barron, New York Times, 1 May 2025
This eliminates his need to shoo the dog away and, ideally, stops the begging.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Seeing the young squirrel in danger, Henton did as any citizen of Olney would do, quickly intervening to shoo the cat away.
—Michelle Mastro, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
The look perfectly pairs with the pastoral setting, as if geese might gather near the kitchen door and need to be shooed away.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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Verb
Image When the last customers have been shooed out of the giant Macy’s store at Herald Square — at 9 p.m. most nights, an hour later on Fridays and Saturdays — the hoses come out.
—James Barron, New York Times, 1 May 2025
This eliminates his need to shoo the dog away and, ideally, stops the begging.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Feb. 2025
Seeing the young squirrel in danger, Henton did as any citizen of Olney would do, quickly intervening to shoo the cat away.
—Michelle Mastro, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
The look perfectly pairs with the pastoral setting, as if geese might gather near the kitchen door and need to be shooed away.
—R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 27 Mar. 2025
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“Shoo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoo. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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