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Word: Shoo
Speech Type: Interjection
a natural exclamation: first recorded in late Middle English. The verb use dates from the early 17th century
ʃuː
a word said to frighten or drive away a person or animal
Short Definition:word said to frighten or drive away person or animal
Examples:- ‘Shoo,’ said Mrs Beavis to her girls, and the passage emptied
Word: Shoo
Speech Type: Verb
ʃuː
make (a person or animal) go away by waving one's arms at them, saying ‘shoo’, or otherwise acting in a discouraging manner
Short Definition:make person or animal go away by waving one's arms at them, saying 'shoo'
Examples:- I went to comfort her but she shooed me away
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