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Word entry · 3 letters

boo

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"Audience jeer"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /buː/Part of speech verb, nounSorted booStarts with BEnds with O2 cluesVery common crossword word
1B2O3O

Definitions

  1. show displeasure, as after a performance or speech

Word origin

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).

Used in a sentence

  • I ask them to record their votes in my favour, and I ask, is there any man who will dare to call me a stranger (hear, hear, and booing)?
  • ...Hodgson headed down the tunnel with the boos of fans ringing in his ears after an eighth league defeat of the season...
  • When he took the podium, the crowd booed.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Audience jeer3 letters
02Cry of disapproval3 letters

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