shoo
/ʃuː/
interjection
- Used to tell an animal or person to go away, especially in a gentle or impatient way.
- Shoo! I'm trying to work, and you're distracting me.
- The farmer waved his arms and shouted, 'Shoo!' at the crows in the field.
- Shoo! Get out of the kitchen, you silly cat.
Synonyms
verb
- To make an animal or person go away by waving your hands or making a noise.
- I tried to shoo the fly from my sandwich.
- She had to shoo the chickens out of the garden.
- The guard shooed the children away from the construction site.