First Known Use: 15th century
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1shoo
interjection \ˈshü\
—used when repeatedly moving your hand away from you in a short motion with your fingers down to tell an animal or person to leave
Full Definition of SHOO
—used especially in driving away an unwanted animal
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Origin of SHOO
Middle English schowe
Rhymes with SHOO
blue, boo, brew, chew, clew, clue, coo, coup, crew, cue, dew, do, doux, due, ewe, few, flu, flue, fou, glue, gnu, goo, hew, hue, Jew, Koo, lieu, loo, mew, moo, moue, mu, new, nu, ooh, pew, phew, pooh, q, queue, roux, rue, screw, shoe, shrew, Sioux, skew, slew, slough, slue, smew, sou, sous, spew, sprue, stew, strew, sue, Sue, thew, through, to, too, true, two, u, view, whew, who, woo, xu, yew, you, zoo
2shoo
transitive verb
: to tell (an animal or person) to leave
Full Definition of SHOO
: to scare, drive, or send away by or as if by crying shoo <shooed us away from the kitchen>
See shoo defined for kids First Known Use of SHOO
circa 1798
SHOO Defined for Kids
shoo
verb \ˈshü\
shooedshoo·ing
Definition of SHOO for Kids
: to wave, scare, or send away <She shooed us out of the kitchen.> Hint:Shoo is often used as a command. <Shoo! Go outside.>
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