boo
A loud exclamation intended to scare someone. Usually used when one has been hidden from the target, and then appears unexpectedly.
Interjection 2 meanings
A loud exclamation intended to scare someone. Usually used when one has been hidden from the target, and then appears unexpectedly.
An exclamation used by a member of an audience, as at a stage play or sporting event, to indicate derision or disapproval.
Noun 2 meanings
A derisive shout of the word 'boo' made to indicate disapproval.
A tail feather from an ostrich.
Verb 2 meanings
To shout extended boos derisively.
“When he took the podium, the crowd booed.”
To shout extended boos at, as a form of disapproval or derision.
“The protesters loudly booed the visiting senator.”
Etymology
From earlier (15c.) boh, coined to create a loud and startling sound. Compare Middle English bus! (“bang!”, interjection), Latin boō (“cry aloud, roar, shout”, verb), Ancient Greek βοάω (boáō, “shout”, verb).
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BOO at a glance
BOO has 3 letters and scores 5 points in Scrabble (B 3 + O 1 + O 1) and 6 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #7,892 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with boo
All rhymes- BAMBOO12
- TABOO7
- PEEKABOO16
- CARIBOO11
- BOOBOO10
- BUGABOO12
- BABOO9
- HUBBUBOO17
- RUBABOO11
- RUBBABOO14
- TICKETTYBOO22
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