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- [shoo]
- /ʃu/
- /ʃuː/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [shoo]
- /ʃu/
Definitions of shoos word
- verb with object shoos to drive away by saying or shouting “shoo.”. 1
- verb with object shoos to request or force (a person) to leave: I'll have to shoo you out of here now. 1
- verb without object shoos to call out “shoo.”. 1
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Origin of shoos
First appearance:
before 1475 One of the 25% oldest English words
1475-85; earlier showe, shough, shooh, ssou (interjection), imitative; compare German schu
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Shoos
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
shoos 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.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".