booing 1 of 2

noun

as in hissing

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booing

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verb

present participle of boo
as in jeering

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Recent Examples of booing
Noun
Also, the booing of every single hydration break has been surprisingly amusing every single time. — Phil Hay, New York Times, 4 July 2026 The Aniya moment alone would have been enough to earn this couplet of episodes five stars, but the recoupling also included a group booing, another hair-raising, furious speech from Melanie, and a moving Brinity reunion. — Kathleen Walsh, Vulture, 29 June 2026 And Hinch was jeered again after Jones struck out, bookending the booing and showing Tigers fans are perturbed over the team’s downfall. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026 Most memorably when he was asked by The Star’s Jaylon Thompson about the booing. — Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026 The anger builds, leading to louder and more frequent booing. — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 16 Apr. 2026 Among the many rules at Augusta National — no cell phones, no booing, no lying in the grass — patrons are not allowed to run. — Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026 Or perhaps all the booing was from those that have wisely fled the state. — Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 7 Apr. 2026 That is why the booing of Israeli — and in some moments American — athletes during the opening ceremony landed with such dissonance. — Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 10 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for booing
  1. hissing
  2. jeering
  3. boo
  4. jeer
  5. whistle
Noun
  • Musty odors, excessive dust and strange hissing noise can mean problems with the ducts, but other problems can go unnoticed.
    — Alora Bopray, USA Today, 24 July 2026
  • Fireworks might have additional whistling, crackling or hissing sounds.
    — Eva Flowe July 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026
Definition of hissing
Verb
  • Once a lawyerly panel, a takeover by a trio of conservatives deeply mistrustful of the state’s voting system has turned the board’s once mundane meetings into boisterous events packed with crowds of cheering and jeering activists.
    — Tamar Hallerman, AJC.com, 3 Aug. 2026
  • Those jeering fans quickly had plenty to celebrate, as Austria players surrounded and jumped on their last-gasp goalscorer.
    — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 28 June 2026
Definition of jeering
Noun
  • Tucker heard boos for the second consecutive night in his return to Chicago after playing for the Cubs last season.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
  • No wonder the new York head coach cut quite the forlorn figure on the touchline during the closing exchanges, even allowing for his post-match words of defiance for the boo boys.
    — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of boo
Noun
  • If, for example, a commencement speaker praising the value of artificial intelligence is met with jeers from graduates – as former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was in May 2026 – the speaker’s message is immediately rendered inert.
    — Evan Clarkson, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2026
  • With boos and jeers ringing around Expo Idaho at the referees, AC Boise continued to pepper the Portland box with dangerous crosses and shots.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 18 July 2026
Definition of jeer
Noun
  • In the past year, the guards performed 300 water rescues and 65,000 preventive actions, such as blowing a whistle or stopping unsafe play, said Alexandra Bagwell, the city’s chief of Ocean Rescue, which serves as the event’s host.
    — Lois K. Solomon, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Indeed, when the final whistle blew two hours later, Malawi had rewritten soccer history.
    — Ryan Lenora Brown, Christian Science Monitor, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of whistle

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