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- [shoo]
- /ʃu/
- /ʃuː/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [shoo]
- /ʃu/
Definitions of shooed word
- verb with object shooed to drive away by saying or shouting “shoo.”. 1
- verb with object shooed to request or force (a person) to leave: I'll have to shoo you out of here now. 1
- verb without object shooed to call out “shoo.”. 1
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Origin of shooed
First appearance:
before 1475 One of the 25% oldest English words
1475-85; earlier showe, shough, shooh, ssou (interjection), imitative; compare German schu
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Parts of speech for Shooed
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shooed popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 83% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data about 60% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
shooed usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for shooed
interjection shooed
- hightailed — Simple past tense and past participle of hightail.
- outed — away from, or not in, the normal or usual place, position, state, etc.: out of alphabetical order; to go out to dinner.
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