Definition of shoo
—used especially in driving away an unwanted animal
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Origin and Etymology of shoo
Definition of shoo
transitive verb
: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
We tried to help her, but she shooed us away.
He shooed the cat out of the house.
Recent Examples of shoo from the Web
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When another man got too close, a deputy shooed him away.
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The varmint stunk up the place but was eventually shooed out of the house.
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In their 20s, women are constantly on the receiving end of a hand motion normally reserved for shooing away a fly.
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But this bear was so unfazed by Backstrom’s efforts to shoo it away that officials deemed it dangerous.
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Some conflicts feel manufactured just to shoo them toward their destinies.
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Indeed, Albion is the kind of town where if a child was somewhere he wasn’t supposed to be, the nearest adult would know it and shoo him home.
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AKRON, Ohio -- A warrant was issued Friday for an Akron man accused in the shooing death of another man on the city's South Akron neighborhood.
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The pigs, chickens, ducks, and geese are out by day but are shooed into the barn at night for safety.
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First Known Use of shoo
circa 1798
SHOO Defined for English Language Learners
shoo
play
interjection
Definition of shoo for English Language Learners
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—used when repeatedly moving your hand away from you in a short motion with your fingers down to tell an animal or person to leave
shoo
verb
Definition of shoo for English Language Learners
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: to tell (an animal or person) to leave
SHOO Defined for Kids
shoo
play
verb
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ˈshü
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Definition of shoo for Students
shooed;
shooing
:to wave, scare, or send away
- She shooed us out of the kitchen.
- Shoo! Go outside.
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