boo
IPA: bˈu
noun
- A derisive shout made to indicate disapproval.
- (US, Canada, African-American Vernacular, slang) A close acquaintance or significant other.
- (slang) Cannabis.
- A tail feather from an ostrich.
- A community in Nacka, Stockholm, central Sweden.
- (linguistics) The Boko language.
verb
- (intransitive) To shout extended boos derisively.
- (transitive) To shout extended boos at, as a form of derision.
- (now rare, Northern England) To make a sound characteristic of cattle; to moo.
- (childish, US) To defecate.
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Examples of "boo" in Sentences
- She received boos and catcalls.
- They heard the audience cry boo.
- Parts of the crowd started to boo.
- They hated the sound of the booing noise.
- The trio is promptly booed off the stage.
- The audience jeers and boos to the performance.
- Another mockingbird in the book was Boo Radley.
- At the start, the audience began to boo loudly.
- I did make a boo boo in the wording of the close.
- Boo Radley is described in the article as a recluse.
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