exclamation, noun, verb
exclamation, noun
1 a sound that people make to show that they do not like an actor, speaker, etc:
'Boo!' they shouted, 'Get off!'. * The speech was greeted with loud boos from the audience.
2 people shout Boo! when they want to surprise or frighten sb
IDIOMS see SAYv.
verb to show that you do not like a person, performance, idea, etc. by shouting 'boo':
[V] The audience booed as she started her speech. * [VN] He was booed off the stage.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for boo is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does boo appear elsewhere on Lughet?
Yes — boo appears under other sources or language pairs in Lughet's collection. See the list below.
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