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
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
As Taylor Swift appeared on the screen at Nissan Stadium during Alan Jackson's farewell concert in Nashville, the singer-songwriter was met with boos and cheers during her special video message.
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Bryan West,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
The Dodgers matched that back-to-back feat over the past two years, including a classic Game 7 victory in Toronto in last year’s World Series, and returned here Monday to a noise pit packed with fans primed to boo, and to urge their team to exact vengeance on the evil mercenaries from America.
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Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The boos still ring out whenever manager Craig Counsell’s name is announced during pregame introductions at American Family Field.
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Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
As Taylor Swift appeared on the screen at Nissan Stadium during Alan Jackson's farewell concert in Nashville, the singer-songwriter was met with boos and cheers during her special video message.
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Bryan West,
USA Today,
28 June 2026
Verb
After Guerrero grounded out to shortstop in the eighth inning of Monday’s game against the Rays, a lone fan in left field began to boo.
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Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
13 May 2026
The Dodgers matched that back-to-back feat over the past two years, including a classic Game 7 victory in Toronto in last year’s World Series, and returned here Monday to a noise pit packed with fans primed to boo, and to urge their team to exact vengeance on the evil mercenaries from America.
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Senior Editor,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for boo
Noun
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On a night when Lee somehow turned a 73.2 mph snort into a home run, Chapman staged another losing battle while hoping for a conventional one.
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My wife, meanwhile, guards against the occasional loud snort with one of the oldest and most elegant anti-snoring technologies ever devised: earplugs.
Verb
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Graduates boo speakers for mentioning AI At multiple college graduation ceremonies around the country, graduates and audience members were seen booing and jeering speeches.
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When early goals by both teams were denied by offside calls, the aggrieved fans jeered and whistled — the equivalent of Chiefs fans booing pass interference against their guy.
Noun
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With his rakish sneer and ruthlessly tight jodhpurs, Rupert has been thoroughly neutered with irony, transformed into an object for women to pick at.
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Of course, the prospect of one of the greatest women’s footballers in history skittering around Bromley on a Saturday lunchtime in front of a smattering of fans inevitably inspires sneers.
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Then a hissing arrow pins a golden soccer ball to the Clash of Clans escutcheon.
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There’s plenty of feline choreography, like crawling, meowing, and hissing.
Noun
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There was a point in Patrick Paul’s ascension last season where his smirk, his hearty chuckles irritated, if not frustrated his opponents to the point of anger.
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Michelle replied with a smirk and a nudge.
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“Boo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boo. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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