单词 | boo-hooing |
释义 | boo-hooingn. 1. The action or fact of weeping or sobbing noisily. Also in weakened use: the action or fact of lamenting or complaining, esp. in a manner viewed as unjustified or overly dramatic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > sorrow or grief > lamentation or expression of grief > weeping > [noun] > noisy or profuse weeping weeping tearsa1470 blubbering1579 blubberation1812 blubber1825 boo-hooing1841 1841 Boston Courier 12 July What is all this boo-hooing and blubbering about? 1850 W. M. Thackeray Rebecca & Rowena vii. 97 Little Ben Davids,..whose crying and boo-hooing as she finished speaking, was drowned in the screams and maledictions of the elder Israelites. 1890 Youth's Compan. 14 Aug. 1/4 If boo-hooing at the moment of going into action were not rather unbecoming, Jarvis would certainly have cried outright. 1966 ‘Weldon Hill’ Rafe iii. 38 He said that lightly and a little distractedly, as if listening to the muffled boo-hooing. 1998 Sunday Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 6 Sept. 16 Lord Coggan, former Archbishop of Canterbury, is appalled by the idolatrous boo-hooing over the Blessed Diana. 2018 @malicious203flk 13 Jan. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) Where do you think all the boo-hooing about being in the ‘friend zone’ came from? 2. Chiefly Australian and New Zealand. The action or fact of expressing disdain or dissatisfaction by hooting, shouting, or jeering. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > [noun] > expression of disapproval > by sounds or exclamations hootinga1225 hissingc1384 fie?1550 acclamation1602 hiss1602 hoot1612 catcall1749 catcallingc1781 scraping1785 sibilation1822 the big bird1825 boo hoo1825 booing1830 Kentish fire1834 boo-hooing1865 boo1884 slow handclap1904 tutting1929 slow handclapping1932 slow clap1937 1865 Ballarat (Victoria) Star 25 Dec. No government should have the power the present Government desire to possess. (Boo-hoo-ing and groaning by a small section of the meeting.) 1888 Sporting Times 7 Apr. 2/3 The conclusion of the performance, when there was some very distinct hissing and ‘boohooing’ indeed. 1914 Wairarapa (N.Z.) Daily Times 9 Apr. 6/2 At the close of the meeting there was a little boohooing but a vote of confidence was carried. 1951 Goulburn (New S. Wales) Evening Post 5 Apr. 2/2 At the meeting, where there was a good deal of boo-hooing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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