boo
interjection
- (exclamation intended to scare)
- (utterance expressing disdain, dissatisfaction)
verb
- express disapproval, express disapproval by saying "boooooo"
noun
- (as term of endearment) boyfriend or girlfriend, spouse, lover
- tail of an ostrich
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /buː/
intj
Etymology: From earlier (15c.) boh, coined to create a loud and startling sound. Compare Middle English bus! (“bang!”, interjection), Latin boō (“cry aloud, roar, shout”, verb), Ancient Greek βοάω (boáō, “shout”, verb).
- A loud exclamation intended to scare someone. Usually used when one has been hidden from the target, and then appears unexpectedly.
- An exclamation used by a member of an audience, as at a stage play or sporting event, to indicate derision or disapproval.
“I ask them to record their votes in my favour, and I ask, is there any man who will dare to call me a stranger (hear, hear, and booing)?”
name
Etymology: Etymology tree Dutch de Boobor. English Boo Borrowed from Dutch de Boo.
- A surname from Dutch
noun
Etymology: Dubious; perhaps adaptation of French beau (“beautiful”).
- A tail feather from an ostrich.
“Burglary.—On Monday night or early on Tuesday morning, some thieves effected an entrance into the premises of Mr. W. J. Laybourne, ostrich feather manufacturer, 60, St. John-street, West Smithfield, and carried off 1,000 prime white feathers, 500 long single black, 800 double ditto, 3,000 mixed colours, 500 spadones, 300 white plumes, 300 coloured boos, and 400 long white light feminas, which, with other property, were valued at about £4,000.”
“White Boos declined 10s. to 15s. per lb.; Femina Boos 2s. 6d. to 5s. per lb., and drab Boos about 2s. 6d. per lb.”
verb
Etymology: Likely onomatopoeic.
- To make a sound characteristic of cattle; to moo.
“The cow's tether is put about the neck of the individual who has lost the cow, and he must go about booing like a cow till atonement is made.”
“In the north of England people very often speak about the "oxen booing" (not lowing)”