shooed; shooing; shoos
: to scare, drive, or send away by or as if by crying shoo
shooed us away from the kitchen
Examples of shoo in a Sentence
Verb
We tried to help her, but she shooed us away.
He shooed the cat out of the house.
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Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
So, despite shooing away all the nonreal fans, the Bunny man was still able to fill the Chase Center in San Francisco to capacity for two nights, Friday and Saturday (March 1-2), over the weekend.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
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Verb
Others just park in business parking lots or on streets, prompting police to shoo them away.
—Ben Brasch, Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2024
So, despite shooing away all the nonreal fans, the Bunny man was still able to fill the Chase Center in San Francisco to capacity for two nights, Friday and Saturday (March 1-2), over the weekend.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 3 Mar. 2024
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“Shoo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shoo. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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