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noun

plural of boo
as in snorts
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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boos

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verb

present tense third-person singular of boo
as in jeers

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Recent Examples of boos
Noun
Swift’s video was met with both cheers and boos, as can be seen in videos here and here. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 29 June 2026 Throughout the game, seeing green shirts on the large screen triggered cheers through the crowd, while boos came up when yellow kits were displayed. — Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026 In the 42nd minute, Portugal's Cristiano Ronaldo held the ball near midfield, and audible boos came raining down from the crowd. — Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 3 July 2026 Her appearance and sweet message appeared to receive a mixed reaction from concertgoers, with fan-shot videos appearing to capture boos, but also cheers from attendees. — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2026 The boos still ring out whenever manager Craig Counsell’s name is announced during pregame introductions at American Family Field. — Patrick Mooney, New York Times, 29 June 2026 Despite being a bargain signing and a key player with two Champions League and three La Liga titles, his relationship with the club and fans has reportedly soured due to recent trophyless seasons and boos. — Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026 Those commencement boos came from a young generation that has watched AI reframe entry-level work as inefficiency, seen generative content flood the visual landscape, and built their own creative identities through friction and craft. — Reid Litman, Fortune, 5 July 2026 At the same time, Hurlbut said young people are notably suspicious of AI and pointed out that this spring, several commencement speakers who cited the technology drew boos at graduation ceremonies in Arizona, Florida and Tennessee. — Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for boos
  1. snorts
  2. hisses
  3. jeers
  4. catcalls
Noun
  • The Rodents of Unusual Size that attack Westley in a swamp work because they are played by small men in rodent suits, rather than coolly conjured from pixels; their deliberate artifice is the thrill, and Reiner provided the voice for their hideous snorts.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
Definition of snorts
Verb
  • Gaga hisses to her hair and makeup team after Priestly swans away.
    — Nigel Smith, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
  • Carrie’s voice hisses in my ear.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Apr. 2026
Definition of hisses
Noun
  • Clark's jeers came at Shinnecock Hills in the Hamptons, roughly 60 miles away from Bethpage Black, where fans became the subject of controversy during the Ryder Cup.
    — Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
  • And all game long, Canada outclassed South Africa, who at times appeared content to hold the ball and take the game to a penalty shootout (earning jeers from the Canada-heavy crowd).
    — Sean Gregory, Time, 29 June 2026
Definition of jeers
Noun
  • Especially women, with all those drunken servicemen rolling through, packs of them, fights spilling out of the cafés, catcalls and spitting in the streets.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • For Dua, puberty and social maturity become knotted up in unpredictable notions of bodily harm (whether acted upon, or merely threatened), as Serbian boys and men harass her on the way home from school, lacing their catcalls with ethnic slurs.
    — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 13 May 2026
Definition of catcalls

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