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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A sound uttered to show contempt, scorn, or disapproval.
  2. n. Informal Any sound or word: You never said boo to me about overtime.
  3. interj. Used to express contempt, scorn, or disapproval or to frighten or surprise another.
  4. v. To utter a boo.
  5. v. To express contempt, scorn, or disapproval of by booing: booed the singer off the stage.
  6. n. Slang Marijuana.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. Same as bo.
  2. n. Same as bu.

Wiktionary

  1. interj. 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. interj. 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. interj. 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.
  4. n. A derisive shout made to indicate disapproval.
  5. n. US, slang A close acquaintance or significant other, derived from French beau.
  6. v. intransitive To shout extended boos derisively.
  7. v. transitive To derisively shout extended boos at.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. to show displeasure (after a performance or speech) by making a prolonged sound of “boo”.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt
  2. v. show displeasure, as after a performance or speech

Etymologies

  1. Coined to create a loud and startling sound. Compare Latin boō ("to cry aloud, roar, shout"). (Wiktionary)
  2. Imitative.Origin unknown. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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hypernyms (7)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. call
  1. yell
  1. vociferation
  1. shout
  1. cry
  1. outcry
  1. condemn

same context (24)

Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. catcall
  2. battle-cries
  3. slagging
  4. harrumph
  1. yes
  2. contemn
  3. woot
  4. ironware
  1. huzza
  2. hallelujahs
  3. jeer
  4. huzzahs
  1. hand-clapping
  2. hoot
  3. jibe
  4. jubilation
  1. guffaw
  2. no
  3. hurra
  4. deyzara
  1. thwack
  2. buss
  3. sans
  4. thunk

rhymes (205)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Baku
  2. Blue
  3. Cebu
  4. Chengdu
  5. Chou
  6. Chu
  7. Crewe
  8. Drew
  9. Ewe
  10. Few
  11. Fu
  12. Hu
  13. Hue
  14. Hugh
  15. Jammu
  16. Jew
  17. Kalamazoo
  18. Kew
  19. Koo
  20. Kwangju
  21. Lemieux
  22. Lou
  23. Lu
  24. M2
  25. Mew
  26. Mu
  27. New
  28. Nu
  29. Peru
  30. Pooh
  31. Pru
  32. Prue
  33. Pu
  34. Q
  35. Que
  36. Ru
  37. Sioux
  38. Stew
  39. Stu
  40. Su
  41. Sue
  1. Timbuktu
  2. Tsu
  3. Tu
  4. Tue
  5. U
  6. Urdu
  7. Wenzhou
  8. Wu
  9. Yue
  10. Zhou
  11. accrue
  12. adieu
  13. ado
  14. anew
  15. askew
  16. babu
  17. ballyhoo
  18. bamboo
  19. bleu
  20. blew
  21. blue
  22. brew
  23. brue
  24. canoe
  25. chew
  26. choo
  27. chou
  28. clue
  29. construe
  30. coo
  31. coup
  32. coups
  33. crew
  34. cue
  35. debut
  36. dew
  37. do
  38. doo
  39. drew
  40. drive-thru
  41. due
  1. ensue
  2. eschew
  3. ewe
  4. few
  5. flew
  6. flu
  7. flue
  8. fondue
  9. foo
  10. fu
  11. glew
  12. glue
  13. gnu
  14. goo
  15. grew
  16. gu
  17. gue
  18. hew
  19. hewe
  20. hitherto
  21. hoo
  22. hue
  23. hullabaloo
  24. imbue
  25. into
  26. isu
  27. jew
  28. jus
  29. kangaroo
  30. katmandu
  31. kazoo
  32. knew
  33. kyu
  34. leu
  35. lew
  36. lieu
  37. loo
  38. lue
  39. m2
  40. mew
  41. misconstrue
  1. moo
  2. mu
  3. neveu
  4. new
  5. nu
  6. ooh
  7. oooh
  8. ou
  9. outdo
  10. outgrew
  11. overdo
  12. overdue
  13. overthrew
  14. perdue
  15. pew
  16. phew
  17. plew
  18. poo
  19. pooh
  20. prew
  21. pugh
  22. pursue
  23. q
  24. q.
  25. qu
  26. que
  27. queue
  28. redo
  29. renew
  30. review
  31. revue
  32. rew
  33. roux
  34. rue
  35. screw
  36. shampoo
  37. shew
  38. shoe
  39. shoo
  40. shu
  41. skew
  1. slew
  2. soo
  3. spew
  4. stew
  5. strew
  6. subdue
  7. sue
  8. taboo
  9. tattoo
  10. tatu
  11. tew
  12. thankyou
  13. thew
  14. threw
  15. through
  16. thru
  17. to
  18. too
  19. trew
  20. true
  21. tue
  22. two
  23. u
  24. undo
  25. undue
  26. unglue
  27. untrue
  28. view
  29. vue
  30. wahoo
  31. whew
  32. who
  33. withdrew
  34. woo
  35. wu
  36. xu
  37. yew
  38. you
  39. yu
  40. yue
  41. zoo

reverse dictionary (6)

Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. bopeep
  1. bo
  1. robber
  1. boo
  1. boo-boo
  1. peekaboo

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  • hernesheir Code for Bodo Airport, Bodo, Norway. Dec 29, 2009

  • msileanespeaks I remember the first time one of my dearest friends referred to me as “boo”. That had to be way back in the late 80’s early 90’s. Today everyone knows what boo means. It’s a term of endearment, it’s a way of letting someone know that you like them. For example if I run into you at the mall and I shout out “Hey Boo!” You know I’m saying, “ glad to see you, you’re looking good and I like you” and a bunch of other good stuff all wrapped up into one neat little 3-letter package – B-O-O!...Remember Mo’Nique when she was on the Parker’s? Whenever her character Nikki Parker saw Professor Stanley Oglevee she would say, “Hey Boo!”
    http://ileane.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/wordsmith/ Dec 2, 2009

  • JacyMontoya Another meaning for boo is boyfriend/girlfriend. From "My Boo" written by Jermaine Dupri, Manuel Seal, Jr., Adonis Shropshire, Alicia Keys, and Usher: "Know that you're that one for me/it's clear for everyone to see/Ooh baby, you will always be my boo" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Boo_(Usher_and_Alicia_Keys_song) Aug 2, 2009

  • fbharjo my godmother's name is "Boo". ( my father gave her the name.) I have never given up on the ghost. c'est vrai. Jun 14, 2009

  • strev If someone calls you boo (as a term of endearment) have you been booed? Jun 14, 2009

  • jfk Term of endearment. Jun 14, 2009

  • whichbe I love my unicorn, he knows I am true,
    My troubles go poof, my unicorn named Boo.
    - Mariah Carey, The Unicorn
    Jan 13, 2009

  • tbtabby Supposedly derived from Boh, a general from Norse myth. Boh was a son of Odin and a general, and was so fierce and powerful that the mere mention of his name struck fear in the hearts of his enemies. Viking warriors would shout his name when launching a surprise attack, and that eventually led to the custom of shouting "Boo!" when surprising someone. Jan 13, 2009

  • sionnach Jane Smiley on ghosts. Jan 31, 2008

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