shoo

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interjection

ˈshü

—used especially in driving away an unwanted animal

shoo

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verb

shooed; shooing; shoos

transitive verb

: to scare, drive, or send away by or as if by crying shoo

shooed us away from the kitchen

Examples of shoo in a Sentence

Verb We tried to help her, but she shooed us away. He shooed the cat out of the house.

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Verb

The next morning, he will be rudely shooed away from another shop by a proprietor, who would doubtless treat a white child differently. —

Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2024 After a minute of arguing with both referees, with Kerr shooing Green away from one, the power forward picked up his first technical foul of the year. —

Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 23 Oct. 2024 The program, which started Oct. 1, allows people who lack homes but have cars to sleep in a private parking lot in Indianapolis for up to 60 days, free from the fear that they'll be shooed away by police or property owners. —

Jordan Smith, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Oct. 2024 The man grabbed a chair from his kitchen, attempting to fend off the bear and shoo her out the door. —

Celina Tebor, CNN, 7 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shoo