booed

Verb (1)

boo (third-person singular simple present boos, present participle booing, simple past and past participle booed)

1. (intransitive) To shout extended boos derisively.
   • When he took the podium, the crowd booed.

   Synonyms:

   hoot

   Antonyms:

   cheer

2. (transitive) To shout extended boos at, as a form of disapproval or derision.
   • The protesters loudly booed the visiting senator.

   Synonyms:

   hoot, badger, barrack, gird, heckle, jeer, roast, taunt, tease

   Antonyms:

   cheer, acclaim, acclamate, applaud, hail, barrack, beclap, cheer on, clap, encheer

Verb (2)

boo (third-person singular simple present boos, present participle booing, simple past and past participle booed)

1. (Northern England, archaic, intransitive) To make a sound characteristic of cattle; to moo.
   • The cow's tether is put about the neck of the individual who has lost the cow, and he must go about booing like a cow till atonement is made.1850, “The Missionary Herald”, in The Baptist Magazine, volume 42

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