as in snort
a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval
the referee's questionable call was greeted with a chorus of boos
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as in to jeer
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Recent Examples of boo
Peter Sblendorio, Hartford Courant, 28 May 2025
May 27, 2025 The Phillies fans let Strider hear it for hitting Harper, showering him with boos as the first baseman was escorted to the dugout.
—Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 11 June 2025
Despite his legendary status in NASCAR, Hamlin has become somewhat of a villain in the sport, often getting booed during his driver introduction and the podium ceremony as well.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
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Noun
Juan Soto, meanwhile, went 0-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout and heard a smattering of boos from a sparse crowd after a seventh-inning groundout.
—Peter Sblendorio, Hartford Courant, 28 May 2025
May 27, 2025 The Phillies fans let Strider hear it for hitting Harper, showering him with boos as the first baseman was escorted to the dugout.
—Noah Camras, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
Verb
The crowd booed when the whistle sounded for halftime, the first time the U.S. trailed 4-0 at the break since 1980.
—Paul Tenorio, New York Times, 11 June 2025
Despite his legendary status in NASCAR, Hamlin has become somewhat of a villain in the sport, often getting booed during his driver introduction and the podium ceremony as well.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boo
Noun
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Even so, some of Lucy’s pronouncements are so truly awful that a blunt snort of laughter is the only response.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
13 June 2025
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Conclusion: The Crown is made for those who want the reliability of a Toyota SUV minus the snort and belch.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2025
Verb
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Hundreds of protesters facing them jeered in English and Spanish, telling the troops to go home.—
Lolita C. Baldor,
Chicago Tribune,
15 June 2025
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Soto had only one hit in 10 at-bats in the three games as he was relentlessly booed and jeered by the Yankee Stadium fans.—
Jon Vankin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
Noun
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His voice—typically pitched between a bellow and a sneer—was instantly recognizable to the couple that night.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
3 May 2025
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In a movie climate where remakes tend to draw sneers of derision and claims that people have just gotten too lazy to invent anything new, Disney’s remakes of its own products are always a chief target.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Despite the protective parents hissing, Henry persisted and was ultimately able to guide the goslings toward a safer way out.—
Seth Carnell,
USA Today,
25 May 2025
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Those answers hissed out of glass flasks like I-457, gathered at stations from near the North Pole to Mauna Loa, and from the tiny Christmas Island to the South Pole.—
Ashley Braun,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 May 2025
Noun
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But watching a group of roughnecks on a rig in grubby overalls moving huge, long steel pipes, Dugan's smile begins to fade to a smirk.—
Kirk Siegler,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
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Modern thinkers stopped using these concepts altogether except in quotation marks, with a wink, a smirk, and a glance backward toward the unscientific past.—
Isaac Bashevis Singer,
Harpers Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Boo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boo. Accessed 22 Jun. 2025.
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