Booing
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Booing is a noun meaning A disapproving exclamation by a member of an audience.
Meaning
A disapproving exclamation by a member of an audience.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of boo
Example Sentences
The riot sometimes spills over into the audience, and Kosky bears the proud scars of the booings he has endured.
How is women's music to be defined for the purpose of holding a national women's music festival? In the past five years, the festival apparently experienced controversy due to contrasting definitions of women's music. There were walkouts and booings of performers who didn't fit within the limitations of some audience members' concepts of women's music.
Word Forms
- booings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hoot, hiss, snort, bird, raspberry, razzing.
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