to shoo away
11shoo — /shooh/, interj., v., shooed, shooing. interj. 1. (used to scare or drive away a cat, dog, chickens, birds, etc.) v.t. 2. to drive away by saying or shouting shoo. 3. to request or force (a person) to leave: I ll have to shoo you out of here now …
12shoo — shoo1 [ ʃu ] verb transitive to tell an animal or a person to go away, especially by saying shoo and waving your hands shoo shoo 2 [ ʃu ] interjection used for telling an animal or a person to go away …
13shoo — I UK [ʃuː] / US [ʃu] verb [transitive] Word forms shoo : present tense I/you/we/they shoo he/she/it shoos present participle shooing past tense shooed past participle shooed to tell an animal or a person to go away, especially by saying shoo and… …
14shoo-fly pie — /shooh fluy / an open pie filled with a sweet crumb and molasses mixture and baked. [1925 30; so called in allusion to the attractiveness of the molasses to unwanted flies] * * * shoo fly pie, a pie or cake made of flour, crumbs, brown sugar, and …
15shoo — shoo1 [ʃu:] interjection [Date: 1400 1500; Origin: Natural sound] used to tell an animal or a child to go away shoo 2 shoo2 v [T always + adverb/preposition] informal to make an animal or a child go away, especially because they are annoying you… …
16shoo — int. & v. int. an exclamation used to frighten away birds, children, etc. v. (shoos, shooed) 1 intr. utter the word shoo! . 2 tr. (usu. foll. by away) drive (birds etc.) away by shooing. Phrases and idioms: shoo in US something easy or certain to …
17shoo — [[t]ʃu[/t]] interj. 1) (used to scare or drive away chickens, birds, etc.) 2) to drive away by saying or shouting “shoo.” 3) to request or force (a person) to leave 4) to call out “shoo.” • Etymology: 1475–85; earlier showe, shough, ssou; cf. G… …
18shoo — /ʃu / (say shooh) interjection 1. (an exclamation used to scare or drive away poultry, birds, etc.) –verb (shooed, shooing) –verb (t) 2. to drive away by calling shoo . 3. to ask or compel (a person) to leave. –verb (i) 4. to call out shoo .… …
19shoo — I. interjection Etymology: Middle English schowe Date: 15th century used especially in driving away an unwanted animal II. transitive verb Date: circa 1798 to scare, drive, or send away by or as if by crying shoo < shooed us away from the kitchen …
20shoo — 1 interjection used to tell a child or an animal to go away 2 verb (transitive always + adv/prep) to make a child or animal go away, especially because they are annoying you: shoo sb out/away etc: He shooed the kids out of the kitchen …
