Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- interjection Used to frighten away animals or birds.
- transitive verb To drive or frighten away by or as if by crying “shoo.”
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete spelling of
shoe . - Begone! off! away! used to scare away fowls and other animals.
- To cry or call out “Shoo,” as in driving away fowls.
- To scare or drive away (fowls or other creatures) by calling out “Shoo.”
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- interjection Begone; away; -- an expression used in frightening away animals, especially fowls.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive, informal To
induce someone or something toleave . - verb intransitive, informal To
leave underinducement . - verb informal, rare To
usher someone. - interjection informal, demeaning
Go away !Clear off !
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb drive away by crying `shoo!'
Etymologies
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Examples
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Another 10 have asked me to treat them. 3 have asked if they can have the Pilot Pen. * shoo shoo** shoo shoo*
whiteplum Diary Entry whiteplum 2005
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Her want is no important than the fawns, and while she would be justified in shoo-ing it away or putting up a fence, she is by no means justified in slowly bludgeoning it to death.
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Her want is no important than the fawns, and while she would be justified in shoo-ing it away or putting up a fence, she is by no means justified in slowly bludgeoning it to death.
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Perhaps Martha C.akley, the Democratic candidate who was the so-called shoo-in in Massachusetts 'Senate race, would have faired better if Obama had stayed in D.C. This is huge, folks.
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Remonde has earlier identified as shoo-ins for the senatorial lineup Secretaries Jesli Lapus of the education department, Esperanza Cabral of the social welfare, Ace Durano of the tourism, Arthur Yap of the agriculture and Francisco Duque III of the health; presidential adviser on climate change Heherson Alvarez Jr.
Sun.Star Network Online - Your Source of Philippine Community News 2009
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No matter how much Mr. Martin wants to "shoo" us away, many of us feel very strongly when a political candidate refuses (that's the Key word-refuses) to wear such a simple gesture of honor and pride for this country.
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Sensing movement might help keep a fly from remaining in one place for very long, the same way the tail of a cow might help "shoo" the fly from its stationary position on the haunch, but does that mean flies go away or does it mean they just buzz around and land again somewhere else nearby?
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But when I walked right up to it and went "shoo" and it just cocked its head at me curiously, I thought I should probably see just how tame it was.
Success! (Of a sort) StyleyGeek 2007
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In turn that seems to have come from the verb shoo, meaning to drive a person or an animal in a given direction by making noises or gestures, which in turn comes from the noise people often make when they do it.
Archive 2006-03-01 2006
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In turn that seems to have come from the verb shoo, meaning to drive a person or an animal in a given direction by making noises or gestures, which in turn comes from the noise people often make when they do it.
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