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boo-hoo en · INTJ

Pronunciation

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• /ˌbuːˈhuː/

Etymology

Onomatopoeia evoking cries.

Meanings

1. The sound of crying.
   • "Boo-hoo!" cried Lincoln after he hit his funny bone.
2. (as an ordinary word, colloquial, used ironically) It is not worth crying about; an expression of contempt.
   • So you broke it. Boo-hoo! Get a grip and clean up the mess.

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Translations (22)

fr ouin-ouin (sound of crying) · nn hu (sound of crying) · tr ühü (sound of crying) · ko 엉엉 (sound of crying) · fi nyyh (sound of crying) · fi yhyy (sound of crying) · es snif (sound of crying) · vi hu hu (sound of crying) · es bua (sound of crying) · ca buà (sound of crying) · ca buè (sound of crying) · el μπου-χου (sound of crying) · nl boehoe (sound of crying) · zh 嗚嗚 /呜呜 (sound of crying) · fr bou hou (sound of crying) · pl bu (sound of crying) · pl chlip (sound of crying) · ru хнык-хнык (sound of crying) · hu brühühü (sound of crying) · ja うえーん (sound of crying) · hu brűhűhű (sound of crying) · de buhuu (sound of crying)

boo-hoo en · VERB

Pronunciation

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• /ˌbuːˈhuː/

Etymology

Onomatopoeia evoking cries.

Meanings

1. (childish, colloquial, intransitive) To cry, weep.
   • Two baby carriages, two par uv shoes, two soots uv klothes, two everything, too much! too much! too much! And he fairly boo-hooed. 1892, Two Hundred Popular Recitations and Readings:
2. (intransitive, sarcastic) To complain, whine.
   • Excited leaders of the people denounced it in unmeasured epithet, and the crowd boo-hooed outside its offices in Collins Street, but the writers of the journal went their unmoved way, as British journalists have a knack of doing. 1891, The Eclectic Magazine of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art, Volumes 53-54:

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