shoo
pronunciation
How to pronounce shoo in British English:
UK [ʃu:]
How to pronounce shoo in American English:
US [ʃu]
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- Verb:
- drive away by crying `shoo!'
Word Origin
- shoo (v.)
- 1620s, "to drive away by calling 'shoo,' " from the exclamation (late 15c.), perhaps instinctive, compare German schu, Italian scioia. Related: Shooed; shooing.
Example
- 1. Stadium guards shoo us away .
- 2. The detained captain is accused of ramming his into at least one if not two ( much larger ) japanese patrol boats which were attempting to shoo the vessel away .
- 3. In zambia , another democratic standard-bearer , the government has tried to shoo the opposition out of parliament for failing to pay a party fee .
- 4. He tried to shoo the marines off his property , but they decided to stay until his wife , melida arredondo , came home to comfort him .
- 5. He said it would have been unusual for the animals not to show curiosity and that the best reaction was to " shoo " them .