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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Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 27 June 2025
Pet Zebra Remains 'On the Loose' in Tennessee After Escaping Home and Causing Chaos on Interstate
In a video shared by the Associated Press on Instagram, the elephant stands in the middle of the store as individuals inside work to shoo him out.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 4 June 2025
Hannah Waddingham, Nick Offerman, and Holt McCallany are in much the same boat, in that their delightful performances didn’t stop me from wanting to shoo them off screen.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 May 2025
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
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Verb
Videos from the fest show Pascal trying to shoo it away first.
—Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 27 June 2025
Pet Zebra Remains 'On the Loose' in Tennessee After Escaping Home and Causing Chaos on Interstate
In a video shared by the Associated Press on Instagram, the elephant stands in the middle of the store as individuals inside work to shoo him out.
—Rachel Flynn, People.com, 4 June 2025
Hannah Waddingham, Nick Offerman, and Holt McCallany are in much the same boat, in that their delightful performances didn’t stop me from wanting to shoo them off screen.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 14 May 2025
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
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“Shoo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoo. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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