Boo

Quick meaning: Boo is an interjection meaning A loud exclamation intended to scare someone. Usually used when one has been hidden from the target, and then appears unexpectedly.

Meaning

A loud exclamation intended to scare someone. Usually used when one has been hidden from the target, and then appears unexpectedly.

More Meanings

1. An exclamation used by a member of an audience, as at a stage play or sporting event, to indicate derision or disapproval.
2. A derisive shout of the word 'boo' made to indicate disapproval.
3. (intransitive) To shout extended boos derisively.
4. (transitive) To shout extended boos at, as a form of disapproval or derision.
5. (US, Canada, African-American Vernacular, slang) A close acquaintance or significant other.
6. (now rare, Northern England, intransitive) To make a sound characteristic of cattle; to moo.
7. (slang) Cannabis.

Example Sentences

Nobody booed and nobody clapped

When he took the podium, the crowd booed.

The protesters loudly booed the visiting senator.

...Hodgson headed down the tunnel with the boos of fans ringing in his ears after an eighth league defeat of the season.

Word Forms

• boos
• booing
• booed

Synonyms for boo

Depending on context, synonyms include hoot, badger, barrack, gird, heckle, jeer.

Antonyms for boo

Common opposites include cheer, acclaim, acclamate, applaud, hail, barrack.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include hoot, hiss, snort, bird, raspberry, razzing.

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