shoo

Etymology 1

Compare Dutch schuwen (“to shun”), German scheuchen (“to scare, drive away”).

verb

  1. (transitive, informal) To induce someone or something to leave.
    Don't just shoo away mosquitoes, kill them!
    See if you can shoo off the insurance salesmen.
  2. (intransitive, informal) To leave under inducement.
    You kids had better shoo before your parents get a call.
  3. (informal, rare) To usher someone.
    Shoo the visitor in.

intj

  1. (informal, demeaning) Go away! Clear off!

Etymology 2

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pron

  1. (Yorkshire) Alternative form of she
    Hearken, hearken, shoo’s cursing on em!” muttered Joseph, towards whom I had been steering. 1847, Emily Brontë, chapter II, in Wuthering Heights, New York: Harper Brothers, published 1855, →OCLC, page 15

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