boo
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From earlier (15c.) boh, coined to create a loud and startling sound. Compare Middle English bus! (“bang!”, interjection), Latin boō (“cry aloud, roar, shout”, verb), Ancient Greek βοάω (boáō, “shout”, verb).
Interjection
boo
- 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.
- Used ironically in a situation where one had the opportunity to scare someone by speaking suddenly.
- An exclamation used by a member or many members of an audience, as at a stage play or sports game, to indicate derision or disapproval of what has just occurred.
- 1852 July 15, “Dundalk Election”, in The Freeman's Journal[1], volume lxxxv, Dublin, page 3:
- 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)?
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Noun
boo (plural boos)
- A derisive shout made to indicate disapproval.
- 2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC[2]:
- ...Hodgson headed down the tunnel with the boos of fans ringing in his ears after an eighth league defeat of the season...
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Verb
boo (third-person singular simple present boos, present participle booing, simple past and past participle booed)
- (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
- (transitive) To shout extended boos at, as a form of derision.
- The protesters loudly booed the visiting senator.
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Etymology 2
From beau.
Noun
boo (plural boos)
- (US, African-American Vernacular, slang) A close acquaintance or significant other.
Further reading
- “boo”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Anagrams
Dumbea
Pronunciation
Noun
boo
References
- Template:cite. Cited in: "ⁿDuᵐbea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
- Template:cite. Cited in: "Drubea" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
French
Etymology
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Noun
boo m (uncountable)
Synonyms
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈbo.oː/, [ˈboː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbo.o/, [ˈbɔːo]
Verb
boō (present infinitive boāre, perfect active boāvī, supine boātum); first conjugation
- (intransitive) I cry aloud, bellow, roar; bray.
- sed in prima remansi voce et identidem boavi
- but I stayed stuck on the first syllable and brayed it repeatedly
- (transitive) I call loudly upon; bellow, cry or roar forth.
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References
- “boo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “boo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Scots
Etymology
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(deprecated template usage) From Middle English buwen, buȝen, from Old English būgan, from Proto-Germanic *beuganą, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰūgʰ- (“to bend”). Cognate with English bow, Dutch buigen, German biegen, Danish bue.
Pronunciation
Verb
boo (third-person singular simple present booes, present participle booin, simple past boo'd, past participle boo'd)
Noun
boo (plural boos)
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