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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Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2025
Kals only got five shots away before the shore battery shooed him off, giving Die Nationalelf a low bar to clear in next summer’s tie-up.
—Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
In addition to this — but equally important — Miss Manners recommends recruiting a fellow reporter or two who are willing to help shoo people out when the sign goes up.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
By shooing cherry-pecking birds away, these raptors prevent them from contaminating crops with their poop.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 27 Nov. 2025
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Verb
Werenski and Adam Fantilli shooed him away, and assistant coach Mike Haviland was angry, but there were no other consequences.
—Aaron Portzline, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2025
Kals only got five shots away before the shore battery shooed him off, giving Die Nationalelf a low bar to clear in next summer’s tie-up.
—Newsweek Editors, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
In addition to this — but equally important — Miss Manners recommends recruiting a fellow reporter or two who are willing to help shoo people out when the sign goes up.
—Judith Martin, Mercury News, 3 Dec. 2025
By shooing cherry-pecking birds away, these raptors prevent them from contaminating crops with their poop.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 27 Nov. 2025
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“Shoo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoo. Accessed 12 Dec. 2025.
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