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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. soe كَلِمَة تُطْلَقُ عند مُطاردَةِ إنسان او طُيور Къш! kšá! psst! husch ξουτ!, δρόμο! ¡fuera!, ¡zape! kõtt كيش ؛ چخ hus ouste לְגָרֵש בִּקרִיאַת שו! शू, शी, कुड़कुड़ iš! hess! hus! burt! farðu! sciò しっ 쉬(이)(새 등을 쫓는 소리) štiš! škac! tiš!; skic! syuh kst vekk! sio, a kysz xô! uşş! кыш!, брысь! heš šc! schas! คำอุทานเพื่อขับไล่หรือตะเพิด Haydi dağılın. Git, kışt!, hoşt, pist киш! ہش کی آواز کرنا xuỵt
v
to chase away She shooed the pigeons away. wegjaag يُطارِد، يُلاحِق изпъждам odehnat genne scheuchen διώχνω ahuyentar eemale peletama كيش كزدن hätistellä chasser לְגָרֵש कुड़कड़ा कर भगा देना izgovarati “iš!”, tjerati povikom “iš!” elhesseget menggebah, menghalau stugga við allontanare 追い払う (...을) 쉬이 하고 쫓다 (nu)vyti, (nu)baidyti aizbaidīt; aiztrenkt; aizdzīt menghalau wegjagen skysse, skremme vekk wypłaszać enxotar a goni вспугивать, прогонять odohnať odgnati oterati schasa ส่งเสียงชู่เพื่อขับไล่ kıkşkışlamak, uzaklaştırmak 噓的一聲趕走 полохати, лякати بھگانا xua, 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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