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Word entry · 4 letters

shoo

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"Drive away"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /ʃuː/Part of speech verbSorted hoosStarts with SEnds with O1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Filled answer is this word (SHOO).

Definitions

  1. drive away by crying ‘shoo!’

Word origin

From Middle English schew, schowe, show, showe, scou (“shoo!”, interjection). Compare Middle High German schū, schuo (“shoo!”, interjection) (modern German scheu! (“shoo!”)), Dutch schuwen (“to shun”), German scheuchen (“to scare, drive away”).

Used in a sentence

  • Don't just shoo away mosquitoes, kill them!
  • See if you can shoo off the insurance salesmen.
  • You kids had better shoo before your parents get a call.

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