Shooing

verb

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo induce someone or something to leave.

"Don't just shoo away mosquitoes, kill them!"

2.verbTo leave under inducement.

"You kids had better shoo before your parents get a call."

3.verbTo usher someone.

"Shoo the visitor in."

4.nounThe act by which somebody is shooed away.

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