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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Recent Examples of boo
Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025
Near the Plaza, demonstrators booed a large truck bearing a Trump bumper sticker and exchanged words with the driver briefly before the vehicle drove off.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2025
Jack Dunn, Variety, 29 May 2025
As his 15-year contract with the Mets gets off to a slow start, frustration among Mets fans turned into some boos in a recent game against the Chicago White Sox.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
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Noun
The Braves crowd booed as manager Brian Snitker came out to get his pitcher after a single by Brandon Nimmo with two outs in the ninth, bringing in closer Raisel Iglesias.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 19 June 2025
Near the Plaza, demonstrators booed a large truck bearing a Trump bumper sticker and exchanged words with the driver briefly before the vehicle drove off.
—Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 15 June 2025
Verb
Each name was met with resounding boos from the crowd as McAfee announced them.
—Jack Dunn, Variety, 29 May 2025
As his 15-year contract with the Mets gets off to a slow start, frustration among Mets fans turned into some boos in a recent game against the Chicago White Sox.
—Peter Chawaga, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 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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Tinnitus causes persistent sounds such as ringing, hissing, buzzing or whooshing in the ears.—
Reem Amro,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2025
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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
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 3 Jul. 2025.
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