Past tense of boo
regular verb
The past tense of boo is booed. The past participle is also booed.
Forms of boo
| Base form (V1) | boo /buː/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | booed /buːd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | booed /buːd/ |
| Present participle | booing |
| Third person singular | boos /buːz/ |
Booed in a sentence
- When he took the podium, the crowd booed.
- Nobody booed and nobody clapped2004 October 18, The New Yorker
- The crowd booed and hissed her off the stage.From the entry hiss
- Whenever I get booed by opposition fans it only makes me more determined to sicken them.2007, Euan Reedie, Alan Shearer: Portrait Of A Legend - Captain Fantastic, →ISBN. From the entry sicken
- My little girl boo booed on herself downstairs as I was getting ready to clean her up.1974, The Southeastern Reporter. From the entry boo-boo
Meaning of boo
- interjection A loud exclamation intended to scare someone. Usually used when one has been hidden from the target, and then appears unexpectedly.
- interjection An exclamation used by a member of an audience, as at a stage play or sporting event, to indicate derision or disapproval.
- noun A derisive shout of the word 'boo' made to indicate disapproval.
Questions about the past tense of boo
- What is the past tense of boo?
- The past tense of boo is booed.
- What is the past participle of boo?
- The past participle of boo is booed.
- Is boo a regular or irregular verb?
- Boo is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: boo (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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