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shoo

 (sho͞o)
interj.
Used to frighten away animals or birds.
tr.v. shooed, shoo·ing, shoos
To drive or frighten away by or as if by crying "shoo."
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shoo

(ʃuː)
interj
go away!: used to drive away unwanted or annoying people, animals, etc
vb, shoos, shooing or shooed
1. (tr) to drive away by or as if by crying "shoo."
2. (intr) to cry "shoo."
[C15: imitative; related to Middle High German schū, French shou, Italian scio]
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

shoo

(ʃu)

interj.
1. (used to scare or drive away chickens, birds, etc.)
v.t.
2. to drive away by saying or shouting “shoo.”
3. to request or force (a person) to leave.
v.i.
4. to call out “shoo.”
[1475–85; earlier showe, shough, ssou; compare German schu]
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shoo


Past participle: shooed
Gerund: shooing

Imperative
shoo
shoo
Present
I shoo
you shoo
he/she/it shoos
we shoo
you shoo
they shoo
Preterite
I shooed
you shooed
he/she/it shooed
we shooed
you shooed
they shooed
Present Continuous
I am shooing
you are shooing
he/she/it is shooing
we are shooing
you are shooing
they are shooing
Present Perfect
I have shooed
you have shooed
he/she/it has shooed
we have shooed
you have shooed
they have shooed
Past Continuous
I was shooing
you were shooing
he/she/it was shooing
we were shooing
you were shooing
they were shooing
Past Perfect
I had shooed
you had shooed
he/she/it had shooed
we had shooed
you had shooed
they had shooed
Future
I will shoo
you will shoo
he/she/it will shoo
we will shoo
you will shoo
they will shoo
Future Perfect
I will have shooed
you will have shooed
he/she/it will have shooed
we will have shooed
you will have shooed
they will have shooed
Future Continuous
I will be shooing
you will be shooing
he/she/it will be shooing
we will be shooing
you will be shooing
they will be shooing
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been shooing
you have been shooing
he/she/it has been shooing
we have been shooing
you have been shooing
they have been shooing
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been shooing
you will have been shooing
he/she/it will have been shooing
we will have been shooing
you will have been shooing
they will have been shooing
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been shooing
you had been shooing
he/she/it had been shooing
we had been shooing
you had been shooing
they had been shooing
Conditional
I would shoo
you would shoo
he/she/it would shoo
we would shoo
you would shoo
they would shoo
Past Conditional
I would have shooed
you would have shooed
he/she/it would have shooed
we would have shooed
you would have shooed
they would have shooed
Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.shoo - drive away by crying `shoo!'
shoo away, shoo off
chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back - force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.
Translations
يُطارِد، يُلاحِق
kšá!odehnat
gennepsst!
elhessegethess!
burt! farîu!stugga viî
baidytinuvytiškac!štiš!
aizbaidītaizdzītaiztrenktskic!tiš!
heš
Haydi dağılın. Githoştkıkşkışlamakkışt!pist

shoo

[ʃuː]
A. EXCL → ¡fuera!, ¡zape!, ¡ándale! (Mex)
B. VT (also shoo away, shoo off) → ahuyentar, espantar
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

shoo

[ˈʃuː]
excl → allez, ouste!
vt → chasser
She shooed her daughters out of the room → Elle a chassé ses filles de la pièce.
shoo away
vt sep → chasser
shoo off
vt sep → chassershoo-in [ˈʃuːɪn] n (US) it's a shoo-in → c'est du tout cuit
a shoo-in for sth
She's a shoo-in for the election → Elle va gagner les élections, c'est certain.
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

shoo

interj → sch; (to dog etc) → pfui; (to child) → husch
vt to shoo somebody away → jdn verscheuchen or wegscheuchen; I shooed the children into the garden → ich scheuchte die Kinder in den Garten
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

shoo

[ʃuː]
1. excl → sciò!, via!
2. vt (also shoo away, shoo off) → cacciare (via)
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

shoo

(ʃuː) interjection
an exclamation used when chasing a person, animal etc away.
verb
to chase away. She shooed the pigeons away.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
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But as the yellow hen tried to enter after them, the little maid cried "Shoo!" and flapped her apron in Billina's face.
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Shoo! Scat!" He charged at the youth, who bolted from the room and clattered madly down-stairs.
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