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shoo en · INTJ · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ʃuː/

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. (informal) Go away! Clear off!
   • Shoo, fly, don't bother me!

Forms

Synonyms

go tell your mother she wants you · screw you · up yours · leave · sling one's hook · get out of here · on yer bike · go fuck yourself · go fuck your mother · shove off · get you gone · naff off · buzz off · get fucked · get bent · bugger off · eat a dick · don't let the door hit you on the way out · hit the road · bog off · get stuffed · go away · nick off · take a flying fuck · fuck off · go play with yourself · go fuck yourself sideways · get lost · bite me · hence · used as imperative verbs. · be off with you · hop it · rack off · bug off · go suck an egg · go and boil your head · spread out · eat a bag of dicks · now go away · on with you · piss off · get outta here · do one · get to fuck · scram · make like a tree and leave · pound sand · push off · take a long walk on a short pier · go to Halifax · sod off · go to the devil · off you fuck · go play in the traffic · begone · shoo · get screwed · amscray · clear off · Entries in :Category:English dismissals. · go climb a tree · hadaway and shite · away with you · gertcha · git · on your bike · go fly a kite · go shit yourself · go and eat coke · make like a banana and split · get out of my sight · skedaddle · forget you · make yourself scarce · screw off · go chase yourself · beat it · leave me alone · kick rocks · go to hell · go jump in the lake · split · jog on · take a flying fuck at a rolling donut · Entries in Thesaurus:leave · get out of my face · take a hike · get knotted · shit off

Translations (62)

fr zou (go away) · ko 쉬이 (go away) · pt xô (go away) · ru кыш! (go away) · ms kus (go away) · it sciò! (go away) · hu hess (go away) · ru брысь! (go away) · gl gache (go away) · de husch (go away) · es os (go away) · ms siuh (go away) · sh ши̏ц (go away) · ru кшш! (go away) · ja 叱 (go away) · tt перс (go away) · pl afe (go away) · es ox (go away) · pl a kysz (go away) · it vattene! (go away) · sh šȉc (go away) · de kusch (go away) · ja シッシ (go away) · gl isca (go away) · sh и̏ш (go away) · cmn 滾啦 /滚啦 (go away) · unm push (go away) · sh ȉš (go away) · tr kış! (go away) · gl xo (go away) · cmn 閃 /闪 (go away) · it pussa via! (go away) · fr pschtt (go away) · uk киш! (go away) · ru пшёл! (go away) · ms syiuh (go away) · el ουστ (go away) · he קִישְׁטָה (go away) · sv sjas (go away) · no trekk unna (go away) · tr kışt! (go away) · hu mars (go away) · cs kšá (go away) · el δίνε του (go away) · pl sio (go away) · eo tju (go away) · tt көш-көш (go away) · mk мрш (go away) · hu sicc (go away) · fi häivy (go away) · ms syuh (go away) · ja シーッシー (go away) · gl lisca (go away) · fi hus (go away) · sv schas (go away) · gl cache (go away) · lt štiš! (go away) · mk иш (go away) · fr ouste (go away) · ga hois (go away) · el ξουτ (go away) · tr kışak! (go away)

shoo en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ʃuː/

Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. (informal, transitive) To induce someone or something to leave.
   • See if you can shoo off the insurance salesmen.
   • Don't just shoo away mosquitoes, kill them!
   • It was those damned bandages over my eyes, the medley of voices that had shouted back at me down the corridor. But I certainly was getting the willies - and once you get 'em, they grow. Already they were past the stage where you can shoo them off by whistling or singing at yourself. 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 15:
2. (informal, intransitive) To leave under inducement.
   • You kids had better shoo before your parents get a call.
3. (informal, rare) To usher someone.
   • Shoo the visitor in.

Forms

Deriveds

shoo-fly plant · shooer · shoo away · shoo-in · shoofly pie · shoo off

Translations (44)

es oxear (to induce someone to leave) · es osear (to induce someone to leave) · de verscheuchen (to induce someone to leave) · ko 쉬이하다 (to induce someone to leave) · sv sjasa iväg (to induce someone to leave) · es correr (to induce someone to leave) · gl escorrentar (to induce someone to leave) · fi hätistää (to induce someone to leave) · es amontar (to induce someone to leave) · bg прогонвам (to induce someone to leave) · es zalear (to induce someone to leave) · ja 叱する (to induce someone to leave) · fi häätää (to induce someone to leave) · pl pogonić (to induce someone to leave) · sv sjasa bort (to induce someone to leave) · fi hätistellä (to induce someone to leave) · ru прогна́ть (to induce someone to leave) · mi whakahie (to induce someone to leave) · ru шугану́ть (to induce someone to leave) · pt enxotar (to induce someone to leave) · ru шуга́ть (to induce someone to leave) · ru прогоня́ть (to induce someone to leave) · tr kaçırmak (to induce someone to leave) · gl axotar (to induce someone to leave) · tr kovalamak (to induce someone to leave) · cmn 閃 /闪 (to induce someone to leave) · fi häipyä (to leave under inducement) · gl liscar (to leave under inducement) · gl botar (to induce someone to leave) · fi ajaa tiehensä (to induce someone to leave) · cmn 滾開 /滚开 (to induce someone to leave) · sv sjasa (to induce someone to leave) · es amontarse (to leave under inducement) · bg изпъждам (to induce someone to leave) · hu elhesseget (to induce someone to leave) · es amontar (to leave under inducement) · gl espaxotar (to induce someone to leave) · es ahuyentar (to induce someone to leave) · de scheuchen (to induce someone to leave) · el διώχνω (to induce someone to leave) · gl espantar (to induce someone to leave) · tr kışkışlamak (to induce someone to leave) · tr kovmak (to induce someone to leave) · fr zou (to induce someone to leave)

shoo en · PRON · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ʃuː/

Etymology

From Middle English scho, sheo, scheo, sȝheo, from Old English hēo (“she”). More at she.

Meanings

1. (Yorkshire, alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of she.
   alt of she
   • Hearken, hearken, shoo’s cursing on em!” muttered Joseph, towards whom I had been steering. 1847, Emily Brontë, chapter II, in Wuthering Heights, New York: Harper Brothers, published 1855, →OCLC, page 15:

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