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shooing

shooing is the present participle and gerund 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.

See all 4 meanings of shoo

Noun

shooing (plural shooings)

  1. The act by which somebody is shooed away.
    • And for all his shooings and worrying, he knew squirrels couldn't have done this kind of damage.2001, Margaret Peterson Haddix, Among the Impostors, page 69

Forms of shooing

pluralshooings

Phrases with shooing

Questions about shooing

What does shooing mean?
Shooing means the act by which somebody is shooed away.
What is shooing the present participle and gerund of?
Shooing is the present participle and gerund of shoo.
What part of speech is shooing?
Shooing is a noun.
What is the plural of shooing?
The plural of shooing is shooings.

Words near shooing in the dictionary

  1. shoogles
  2. shooglier
  3. shoogliest
  4. shoogling
  5. shoogly
  6. shooing
  7. shooing away
  8. shooing off
  9. shooings
  10. shook
  11. shook a leg

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