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boo | boohoo |

As an adjective boo

is .

As a verb boohoo is

to cry, weep.

As a noun boohoo is

the woohoo, or sailfish.

boo

English

Etymology 1

Coined to create a loud and startling sound. Compare Latin .

Interjection

(en interjection)
  • A loud exclamation intended to scare someone, especially a child. Usually used when one has been hidden from the victim and then suddenly appeared unexpectedly.
  • A word used ironically in a situation where one might have scared someone, but said someone was not scared. Not said as loudly as in definition 1.
  • An exclamation used by a member or many members of an audience, as at a stage play or sports game, to indicate derision or disapproval of what has just occurred.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A derisive shout made to indicate disapproval.
  • * {{quote-news
    • , year=2010 , date=December 29 , author=Sam Sheringham , title=Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton , work=BBC citation , page= , passage=...Hodgson headed down the tunnel with the boos of fans ringing in his ears after an eighth league defeat of the season...}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To shout extended boos derisively.
    • When he took the podium, the crowd booed .
  • * 2004 , The New Yorker, 18 Oct 2004
    • Nobody booed and nobody clapped
  • To derisively shout extended boos at.
    • The protesters loudly booed the visiting senator.

    Etymology 2

    From beau.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (US, AAVE, slang) A close acquaintance or significant other.

    • Anagrams

    * * ----

    boohoo

    English

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cry, weep.
  • *2011 , (Grace Dent), The Guardian , 8 Jul 2011:
  • *:"It feels inevitable," he boohooed . Of course it was inevitable – he used to tweet at least six times an hour, endless say-what-you-see drivel.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • The woohoo, or sailfish.
    • (Webster 1913)