boo
exclamation, noun /buː/
/buː/
Idioms - a sound that people make to show that they do not like an actor, speaker, etc.
- ‘Boo!’ they shouted, ‘Get off!’
- The speech was greeted with loud boos from the audience.
- boos and hisses from the crowd
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- loud
- be greeted with
- be met with
- boo from
- boos and hisses
- people shout Boo!when they want to surprise or frighten somebody
Word Originearly 19th cent.: imitative of the lowing of oxen (the sound was considered to be derisive); compare with hiss and hoot.
Idioms
not say boo to a goose (British English)
(North American English not say boo to anyone)
- to be very shy or gentle
- He's so nervous he wouldn't say boo to a goose.
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