Boo vs Feet - What's the difference?
boo | feet |
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.
A derisive shout made to indicate disapproval.
* {{quote-news
, year=2010
, date=December 29
, author=Sam Sheringham
, title=Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton
, work=BBC
To shout extended boos derisively.
* 2004 , The New Yorker, 18 Oct 2004
To derisively shout extended boos at.
(foot).
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*:There was a neat hat-and-umbrella stand, and the stranger's weary feet fell soft on a good, serviceable dark-red drugget, which matched in colour the flock-paper on the walls.
*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham), title=(The China Governess)
, chapter=14 (lb) Fact; performance; feat.
As an adjective boo
is .As a noun feet is
(foot).boo
English
Etymology 1
Coined to create a loud and startling sound. Compare Latin .Interjection
(en interjection)Noun
(en noun)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)- When he took the podium, the crowd booed .
- Nobody booed and nobody clapped
- The protesters loudly booed the visiting senator.
Etymology 2
From beau.Anagrams
* * ----feet
English
Noun
(head)citation, passage=Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime. Their bases were on a level with the pavement outside, a narrow way which was several feet lower than the road behind the house.}}