shoo
/ʃuː/
shoo verb: to induce someone or something to leave. Also the alternative form of she.
Verb
shoo (third-person singular simple present shoos, present participle shooing, simple past and past participle shooed)
- To induce someone or something to leave.
- Don't just shoo away mosquitoes, kill them!
- See if you can shoo off the insurance salesmen.
- To leave under inducement.
- You kids had better shoo before your parents get a call.
- To usher someone.
- Shoo the visitor in.
Interjection
- Go away! Clear off!
- Shoo, fly, don't bother me!
- Synonyms:
- amscray, away with you, be off with you, beat it, begone, bite me, bog off, bug off, bugger off, buzz off
Also used as
shoo is also the alternative form of she.
shoo meaning in Malay
shoo in Malay
- go away
- siuh, syiuh, syuh, kus
Examples of shoo in a sentence
- After the accident, I had to shoo away a bunch of looky-loos.
- Fluffbutt let out a grunt as he shooed the feline to reclaim his seat.
- Go on, scat!' she called, trying to shoo it away.
Synonyms of shoo
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- clear off
- do one
- don't let the door hit you on the way out
- eat a dick
- eat a bag of dicks
- forget you
- fuck off
- gertcha
- get to fuck
- get bent
- get fucked
- get knotted
- get lost
- get out of here
- get outta here
- get out of my face
- get out of my sight
- get screwed
- get stuffed
- get you gone
- git
- go and boil your head
- go and eat coke
- go away
- go chase yourself
- go climb a tree
- go fly a kite
- go fuck your mother
- go fuck yourself sideways
- go fuck yourself
Forms of shoo
| third-person singular present | shoos |
|---|---|
| present participle | shooing |
| past participle | shooed |
| past | shooed |
Origin of shoo
From Middle English schew, schowe, show, showe, scou (“shoo!”, interjection). Compare Middle High German schū, schuo (“shoo!”, interjection) (modern German scheu! (“shoo!”)), Dutch schuwen (“to shun”), German scheuchen (“to scare, drive away”).
From Middle English scho, sheo, scheo, sȝheo, from Old English hēo (“she”). More at she.
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Questions about shoo
- What does shoo mean?
- Shoo means to induce someone or something to leave.
- What is shoo in Malay?
- Shoo in Malay is siuh, syiuh, syuh. See Shoo meaning in Malay.
- What part of speech is shoo?
- Shoo can be a verb or an interjection.
- How do you pronounce shoo?
- Shoo is pronounced /ʃuː/.
- What is the past tense of shoo?
- The past tense of shoo is shooed.
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