shoo.
To induce someone or something to leave.
Meaning & usage
To induce someone or something to leave.
Don't just shoo away mosquitoes, kill them!
See if you can shoo off the insurance salesmen.
To leave under inducement.
You kids had better shoo before your parents get a call.
To usher someone.
Shoo the visitor in.
Where this word comes from
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”).
Go away! Clear off!
Shoo, fly, don't bother me!
Where this word comes from
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”).
Alternative form of she.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English scho, sheo, scheo, sȝheo, from Old English hēo (“she”). More at she.
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