boo

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boo

  1. A loud exclamation intended to scare someone, especially a child. Usually used when one has been hidden from the victim and then suddenly appeared unexpectedly.
  2. A word used ironically in a situation where one might have scared someone, but said someone was not scared. Not said as loudly as in definition 1.
  3. A word used by someone who is inherently scary, such as a ghost or a vampire, to make a weaker person who is scared stiff flee. Usually used quietly, as with definition 2.
  4. An exclamation used by a member of an audience, as at a stage play or sports game, to indicate derision or disapproval of what has just occurred.

[edit] Translations

loud exclamation intended to scare someone
  • Greek: μπου
  • Icelandic: bö, bú
  • Japanese: please add this translation if you can
  • Portuguese: bu pt(pt)
  • Romanian: bau ro(ro)
  • Russian: please add this translation if you can
  • Swedish: bu sv(sv)
word used ironically in a situation where one might have scared someone, but said someone was not scared
word used by someone who is inherently scary
exclamation used by a member of an audience

[edit] Noun

Singular
boo

Plural
boos

boo (plural boos)

  1. A derisive shout (as interjection definition 4 above).
  2. A close acquaintance or significant other.

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derisive shout

[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to boo

Third person singular
boos

Simple past
booed

Past participle
booed

Present participle
booing

to boo (third-person singular simple present boos, present participle booing, simple past and past participle booed)

  1. (intransitive) To shout extended boos derisively.
    When he took the podium, the crowd booed.
    • 2004, The New Yorker, 18 Oct 2004
      Nobody booed and nobody clapped
  2. (transitive) To derisively shout extended boos at.
    The protesters loudly booed the visiting senator.

[edit] Translations

to shout boos derisively (intransitive)
to shout boos at (transitive)

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[edit] Verb

present active boō, present infinitive boāre, perfect active boāvī, supine boātum.

  1. (intransitive) I cry aloud, bellow, roar; bray.
    • c. 123-180 AD — Lucius Apuleius Platonicus, Metamorphoses, 7.3
      sed in prima remansi voce et identidem boavi
      but I stayed stuck on the first syllable and brayed it repeatedly
  2. (transitive) I call loudly upon; bellow, cry or roar forth.

[edit] Inflection

First Conjugation
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present boō boās boat boāmus boātis boant
future boābō boābis boābit boābimus boābitis boābunt
imperfect boābam boābās boābat boābāmus boābātis boābant
perfect boāvī boāvistī boāvit boāvimus boāvistis boāvērunt
pluperfect boāveram boāverās boāverat boāverāmus boāverātis boāverant
future perfect boāverō boāveris boāverit boāverimus boāveritis boāverint
passive present boor boāris boātur boāmur boāminī boantur
future boābor boāberis boābitur boābimur boābiminī boābuntur
imperfect boābar boābāris boābātur boābāmur boābāminī boābantur
perfect Use boātus m., boāta f., boātum n. followed by the present indicative of sum.
pluperfect Use boātus m., boāta f., boātum n. followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
future perfect Use boātus m., boāta f., boātum n. followed by the future indicative of sum.
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present boem boēs boet boēmus boētis boent
imperfect boārem boārēs boāret boārēmus boārētis boārent
perfect boāverim boāverīs boāverit boāverīmus boāverītis boāverint
pluperfect boāvissem boāvissēs boāvisset boāvissēmus boāvissētis boāvissent
passive present boer boēris boētur boēmur boēminī boentur
imperfect boārer boārēris boārētur boārēmur boārēminī boārentur
perfect Use boātus m., boāta f., boātum n. followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
pluperfect Use boātus m., boāta f., boātum n. followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives active passive
present (you) future (you) future (he/she) present (you) future (you) future (he/she)
singular boā boātō boātō boāre boor boor
plural boāte boātōte boantō boāminī — boantor
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives boāre boāvisse boātūrus esse boārī boātus esse boātum īrī
participles boāns (boantis) — boātūrus -ra, -rum — boātus -a, -um boandus -nda, -ndum

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[edit] Verb

tae boo (third-person singular simple present booes, present participle booin, simple past boo'd, past participle boo'd)

Infinitive
tae boo

Third person singular
booes

Simple past
boo'd

Past participle
boo'd

Present participle
booin
  1. To bow, to stoop.
  2. To bend, to curve.
  3. To make something bend or curve.

[edit] Noun

boo (plural boos)

Singular
boo

Plural
boos
  1. (greeting): A bow.
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