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shooed

shooed is the simple past and past participle of shoo.

Meaning of shoo

Verb

shoo (third-person singular simple present shoos, present participle shooing, simple past and past participle shooed)

  1. (informal, transitive) To induce someone or something to leave.
    • Don't just shoo away mosquitoes, kill them!
  2. (informal, intransitive) To leave under inducement.
    • You kids had better shoo before your parents get a call.
  3. (informal, rare) To usher someone.
    • Shoo the visitor in.

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Phrases with shooed

Questions about shooed

What is shooed the simple past and past participle of?
Shooed is the simple past and past participle of shoo.

Words near shooed in the dictionary

  1. shoobies
  2. shood
  3. shoodent
  4. Shoodur
  5. Shoodurs
  6. shooed
  7. shooed away
  8. shooed off
  9. shooee
  10. shooer
  11. shooers

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