Shoo

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • interjection. Used to frighten away animals or birds.
  • v. To drive or frighten away by or as if by crying "shoo.”
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To induce someone or something to leave.
  • v. To leave under inducement.
  • v. To usher someone.
  • interjection. Go away! Clear off!
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • interjection. Begone; away; -- an expression used in frightening away animals, especially fowls.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An obsolete spelling of shoe.
  • Begone! off! away! used to scare away fowls and other animals.
  • To cry or call out “Shoo,” as in driving away fowls.
  • To scare or drive away (fowls or other creatures) by calling out “Shoo.”
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. drive away by crying `shoo!'
  • Verb Form
    shooed    shooes    shooing    shoos   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    chase away    turn back    run off    drive out    drive off    drive away    dispel   
    Form
    shoo-in    shoo off    shoo away   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    begone    away    go away   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Baku    Blue    Cebu    Chengdu    Chou    Chu    Crewe    Drew    Ewe    Few   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    daugh    blamelessness    let    cen    bet    me    fil    shat    wai    ernuff