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shoo

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shoo  (sh)
interj.
Used to frighten away animals or birds.
tr.v. shooed, shoo·ing, shoos
To drive or frighten away by or as if by crying "shoo."

shoo
interj
go away!: used to drive away unwanted or annoying animals or people
Verb
[shooing, shooed]
to drive away by crying `shoo' [imitative]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.shoo - drive away by crying `shoo!'
chase away, dispel, drive away, drive off, drive out, run off, turn back - force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings; "Drive away potential burglars"; "drive away bad thoughts"; "dispel doubts"; "The supermarket had to turn back many disappointed customers"
Translations

shoo [ʃuː] excl¡fuera!;
(to animals) → ¡zape!
vt (also: shoo away) (also: shoo off) → ahuyentar
shoo [ʃuː] exclallez, ouste!
vt (also: shoo away) (also: shoo off) → chasser
shoo [ʃuː] excl (to dog etc) → pfui
vt (also: shoo away, shoo off, etc) → verscheuchen;
(somewhere) → scheuchen
shoo [ʃuː] exclsciò!, via!
vt (also: shoo away) (also: shoo off) → cacciare (via)

shoo
interj shoo [ʃuː]
an exclamation used when chasing a person, animal etc away. soeكَلِمَة تُطْلَقُ عند مُطاردَةِ إنسان او طُيورКъш!kšá!psst!huschξουτ!, δρόμο!¡fuera!, ¡zape!kõttكيش ؛ چخhusousteלְגָרֵש בִּקרִיאַת שו!शू, शी, कुड़कुड़iš!hess!hus!burt! farðu!sciòしっ쉬(이)(새 등을 쫓는 소리)štiš! škac!tiš!; skic!syuhkstvekk!sio, a kyszxô!uşş!кыш!, брысь!heššc!schas!คำอุทานเพื่อขับไล่หรือตะเพิดHaydi dağılın. Git, kışt!, hoşt, pistкиш!ہش کی آواز کرناxuỵt
v
to chase away She shooed the pigeons away.wegjaagيُطارِد، يُلاحِقизпъждамodehnatgennescheuchenδιώχνωahuyentareemale peletamaكيش كزدنhätistellächasserלְגָרֵשकुड़कड़ा कर भगा देनाizgovarati “iš!”, tjerati povikom “iš!”elhessegetmenggebah, menghalaustugga viðallontanare追い払う(...을) 쉬이 하고 쫓다(nu)vyti, (nu)baidytiaizbaidīt; aiztrenkt; aizdzītmenghalauwegjagenskysse, skremme vekkwypłaszaćenxotara goniвспугивать, прогонятьodohnaťodgnatioteratischasaส่งเสียงชู่เพื่อขับไล่kıkşkışlamak, uzaklaştırmak噓的一聲趕走полохати, лякатиبھگاناxua, xuỵt

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As soon as he had done so he shouted, and cried 'Shoo, shoo,' after his sheep to drive them on to the mountain; so I was left to scheme some way of taking my revenge and covering myself with glory.
she finished, shooing Pollyanna into the house as she would shoo an unruly chicken into a coop.
 
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