Meaning & use
shoo
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to drive away, especially an animal or person, by waving one's hands or making noise.
See it in a sentence
She shooed the pigeons away from the picnic table.
He waved his arms at the cat on the counter, trying to shoo it off.
A note on using this word
Shoo is also used on its own as an interjection to tell someone or something to go away.
Words with a similar meaning
chase offdrive away
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Words with an opposite meaning
attractinvite
Another way to use it
2. interjection
used to tell a person or animal to go away
Shoo, go find somewhere else to nap!
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