boo-hoo
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boo-hoo
- /ˌbuːˈhuː/
Where it comes from
Onomatopoeia evoking cries.
interjection boo hoo · boohoo · boohoohoo
- The sound of crying. "Boo-hoo!" cried Lincoln after he hit his funny bone.
- It is not worth crying about; an expression of contempt. So you broke it. Boo-hoo! Get a grip and clean up the mess.
verb boo-hoos · boo-hooing · boo-hooed · boo hoo · boohoo
- To cry, weep. Two baby carriages, two par uv shoes, two soots uv klothes, two everything, too much! too much! too much! And he fairly boo-hooed.
- To complain, whine. Excited leaders of the people denounced it in unmeasured epithet, and the crowd boo-hooed outside its offices in Collins Street, but the writers of the journal went their unmoved way, as British journalists have a knack of doing.
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Talk about this word "boo-hoo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/boo-hoo. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. boo-hoo. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/boo-hoo "boo-hoo." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/boo-hoo.
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@misc{boo_hoo_2026,
title = {boo-hoo},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/boo-hoo},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
