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shooer

shooer noun: a person who shoos something away.

Noun

shooer (plural shooers)

  1. A person who shoos something away.
    • The second [explanation of certain sentences] would focus on the shooer: 'Shoo the fly. Because of that, your eyes will no longer be clogged with flies'. But I was unable to obtain informants' translations or explanations confirming this […]1995, Nicholas Evans, A Grammar of Kayardild: With Historical-comparative Notes on Tangkic
  2. An improvised device used to shoo away.
    • The shooer was made from a stick and newspapers—newspaper was cut in strips and attached to a stick. Sticky flypaper hung from the ceiling in the kitchen and dining room to catch flies.2002, Evelyn McCollum, Nalley, A Southern Family Story, page 232

Forms of shooer

pluralshooers

Origin of shooer

From shoo + -er.

Questions about shooer

What does shooer mean?
Shooer means a person who shoos something away.
What part of speech is shooer?
Shooer is a noun.
What is the plural of shooer?
The plural of shooer is shooers.

Words near shooer in the dictionary

  1. Shoodurs
  2. shooed
  3. shooed away
  4. shooed off
  5. shooee
  6. shooer
  7. shooers
  8. shooes off
  9. shooflies
  10. shoofly
  11. shoofly pie

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