shoo
IPA: ʃˈu
verb
- (transitive, informal) To induce someone or something to leave.
- (intransitive, informal) To leave under inducement.
- (informal, rare) To usher someone.
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Examples of "shoo" in Sentences
- Another 10 have asked me to treat them. 3 have asked if they can have the Pilot Pen. * shoo shoo** shoo shoo*
- But when I walked right up to it and went "shoo" and it just cocked its head at me curiously, I thought I should probably see just how tame it was.
- Her want is no important than the fawns, and while she would be justified in shoo-ing it away or putting up a fence, she is by no means justified in slowly bludgeoning it to death.
- Perhaps Martha C.akley, the Democratic candidate who was the so-called shoo-in in Massachusetts 'Senate race, would have faired better if Obama had stayed in D.C. This is huge, folks.
- In turn that seems to have come from the verb shoo, meaning to drive a person or an animal in a given direction by making noises or gestures, which in turn comes from the noise people often make when they do it.
- No matter how much Mr. Martin wants to "shoo" us away, many of us feel very strongly when a political candidate refuses (that's the Key word-refuses) to wear such a simple gesture of honor and pride for this country.
- Sensing movement might help keep a fly from remaining in one place for very long, the same way the tail of a cow might help "shoo" the fly from its stationary position on the haunch, but does that mean flies go away or does it mean they just buzz around and land again somewhere else nearby?
- Remonde has earlier identified as shoo-ins for the senatorial lineup Secretaries Jesli Lapus of the education department, Esperanza Cabral of the social welfare, Ace Durano of the tourism, Arthur Yap of the agriculture and Francisco Duque III of the health; presidential adviser on climate change Heherson Alvarez Jr.
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