shoo
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shoo¹
- /ʃuː/
Sounds like shoe, SHU · Rhymes with -uː
Where it comes from
From Middle English schew, schowe, show, showe, scou (“shoo!”, interjection). Compare Middle High German schū, schuo (“shoo!”, interjection) (modern German scheu! (“shoo!”)), Dutch schuwen (“to shun”), German scheuchen (“to scare, drive away”).
verb shoos · shooing · shooed
- To induce someone or something to leave. Don't just shoo away mosquitoes, kill them!
- To leave under inducement. You kids had better shoo before your parents get a call.
- To usher someone. Shoo the visitor in.
interjection shoo!
- Go away! Clear off! Shoo, fly, don't bother me!
shoo²
- /ʃuː/
Sounds like shoe, SHU · Rhymes with -uː
Where it comes from
From Middle English scho, sheo, scheo, sȝheo, from Old English hēo (“she”). More at she.
pronoun
- Alternative form of she.she Hearken, hearken, shoo’s cursing on em!” muttered Joseph, towards whom I had been steering.
