Meaning & use
Shoos
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Drives or scares someone or something away, typically by waving the arms or making a sharp noise.
See it in a sentence
She shoos the pigeons off the balcony every morning.
He shoos away salespeople who knock uninvited.
A note on using this word
"Shoo" began as an interjection imitating the sound made to scare off animals before it became a verb in its own right.
Words with a similar meaning
chases offdrives away
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Words with an opposite meaning
invitesbeckons
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