shoo

English

Etymology

Compare Dutch schuwen (“to shun”), German scheuchen (“to scare, drive away”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃuː/
Rhymes: -uː
Homophones: shoe, SHU

Verb

shoo (third-person singular simple present shoos, present participle shooing, simple past and past participle shooed)

(transitive, informal) To induce someone or something to leave.
Don't just shoo away mosquitoes, kill them!

See if you can shoo off the insurance salesmen.
(intransitive, informal) To leave under inducement.
You kids had better shoo before your parents get a call.
(informal, rare) To usher someone.
Shoo the visitor in.

Derived terms

shoo away
shoo-in
shoo off

Translations

to induce someone to leave

Chinese:
Mandarin: 閃 (zh), 滾開 (zh)
Finnish: hätistää, hätistellä (fi), ajaa tiehensä, häätää (fi)
German: scheuchen (de), verscheuchen
Greek: διώχνω (el) (dióchno)
Hungarian: elhesseget (hu)
Japanese: 叱する (しっする, shissuru)

Korean: 쉬이하다 (swiihada)
Maori: whakahie
Polish: pogonić
Portuguese: enxotar (pt)
Russian: прогоня́ть (ru) impf (progonjátʹ), прогна́ть (ru) pf (prognátʹ), шуга́ть (ru) impf (šugátʹ), шугану́ть (ru) pf (šuganútʹ) (colloquial)
Spanish: ahuyentar (es), correr (es)
Swedish: sjasa (sv), sjasa bort, sjasa iväg

to leave under inducement

Finnish: häipyä (fi)

usher — see usher

Interjection

Shoo!

(informal, demeaning) Go away! Clear off!

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:go away

Translations

go away

Chinese:
Mandarin: 閃 (zh), 滾啦
Finnish: häivy
French: pschtt, ouste (fr)
Galician: isca (gl), lisca, gache
German: husch! (de), weg (de)
Greek: ουστ (el) (oust), ξουτ (el) (xout), δίνε του (el) (díne tou)
Hungarian: hess (hu), sicc (hu), mars (hu)
Irish: hois
Italian: sciò!, pussa via!
Japanese: シーッシー (shīsshī), シッシ (shisshi), 叱 (ja) (しっ, shi)

Korean: 쉬이 (ko) (swii)
Norwegian: trekk unna
Polish: sio (pl)
Portuguese: xô (pt)
Russian: кыш! (ru) (kyš!), брысь! (ru) (brysʹ!), кшш! (kšš!), пшёл! (ru) (pšol!)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ши̏ц, и̏ш

Roman: šȉc (sh) (to cats), ȉš (sh)
Swedish: sjas (sv)
Turkish: kış! (tr), kışt!, kışak!

Anagrams

SOHO, SoHo, Soho, oohs, soho

Middle English

Etymology 1

From Old English scōh.

Noun

shoo

Alternative form of sho (“shoe”)

Etymology 2

From Old English sċōgan.

Verb

shoo

Alternative form of shon (“to shoe”)

Navajo

Interjection

shoo

I see; oh yes, I see

Derived terms

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English show.

Noun

shoo (n class, plural shoo)

show (performance)

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