boo

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A loud exclamation intended to scare someone. Usually used when one has been hidden from…

   A loud exclamation intended to scare someone. Usually used when one has been hidden from the target, and then appears unexpectedly.

2. 2

   An exclamation used by a member of an audience, as at a stage play or sporting event, to…

   An exclamation used by a member of an audience, as at a stage play or sporting event, to indicate derision or disapproval.

   • 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)?
3. 3

   A derisive shout of the word 'boo' made to indicate disapproval.

   • ...Hodgson headed down the tunnel with the boos of fans ringing in his ears after an eighth league defeat of the season...
   • Like a moustachioed pantomime villain relishing boos and hisses from the audience, Trump is oblivious to warnings and protestations from the sane world and simply contemptuous of the lickspittle mob desperately hoping to go unnoticed.
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   1. 4

      To shout extended boos derisively.

      • When he took the podium, the crowd booed.
      • Nobody booed and nobody clapped
      • Substitute Charlie Austin scored seven minutes into his Southampton debut as a lacklustre Manchester United were booed off at Old Trafford.
   2. 5

      To shout extended boos at, as a form of disapproval or derision.

      • The protesters loudly booed the visiting senator.
   3. 6

      A close acquaintance or significant other.

      • At night I think of you / I want to be your lady, maybe / If your game is on give me a call, boo / If your lovin' strong, gonna give my all to you
      • No matter what I do / All I think about is you / Even when I'm with my boo
   4. 7

      Cannabis.

      • […] sexually promiscuous girl who smoked boo all day and socialized with junkies when she wasn't busy banging away in bed […]
      • Like I have smoked boo, drunk whiskey, and shot dope, and I was going through all three bags at once.
   5. 8

      To make a sound characteristic of cattle

      To make a sound characteristic of cattle; to moo.

      • The cow's tether is put about the neck of the individual who has lost the cow, and he must go about booing like a cow till atonement is made.
      • In the north of England people very often speak about the "oxen booing" (not lowing)
      • I remember being in the Great Nut Walk and hearing Old Nettle 'booing' like a cow outside .
   6. 9

      A tail feather from an ostrich.

      • White Boos declined 10s. to 15s. per lb.; Femina Boos 2s. 6d. to 5s. per lb., and drab Boos about 2s. 6d. per lb.
      • The usual kinds of ostrich feathers known to the trade come into the Tripoli market. These are whites, blacks, feminas, byocks, spadonas, boos, drabs and floss.
   7. 10

      A community in Nacka, Stockholm, central Sweden.

   8. 11

      A surname from Swedish

   9. 12

      The Boko language.

   10. 13

       A surname from Chinese

   11. 14

       A surname from Korean

   12. 15

       A surname from Dutch

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