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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 [ʃuː]
interj
go away!: used to drive away unwanted or annoying people, animals, etc.
vb shoos, shooing, shooed
1. (tr) to drive away by or as if by crying ``shoo.''
2. (intr) to cry ``shoo.''
[imitative; related to Middle High German schū, French shou, Italian scio]
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]
A. EXCL¡fuera!, ¡zape!, ¡ándale!(Mex)
B. VT (also shoo away, shoo off) → ahuyentar, espantar

shoo [ˈʃuː]
exclallez, ouste!
vtchasser
She shooed her daughters out of the room → Elle a chassé ses filles de la pièce.
shoo away
vt sepchasser
shoo off
vt sepchasser
shoo-in [ˈʃuːɪn] n (US) it's a shoo-in → c'est du tout cuit >
a shoo-in for sth
She's a shoo-in for the election → Elle va gagner les élections, c'est certain.

shoo
interjsch; (to dog etc) → pfui; (to child) → husch
vt to shoo somebody awayjdn verscheuchen or wegscheuchen; I shooed the children into the gardenich scheuchte die Kinder in den Garten

shoo [ʃuː]
1. exclsciò!, via!
2. vt (also shoo away, shoo off) → cacciare (via)

shoo [ʃuː]
1. exclsciò!, via!
2. vt (also shoo away, 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 (새 등을 쪼는 소리) 쉬, 쉿 štiš! škac! tiš!; skic! syuh kst vekk! sio, a kysz xô! uşş! кыш!, брысь! heš šc! schas! คำอุทานเพื่อขับไล่หรือตะเพิด Haydi dağılın. Git, kışt!, hoşt, pist 噓! 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 쉬이하고 좇다 (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 用噓聲驅趕 полохати, лякати بھگانا xua, xuỵt


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