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    SHOO

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Verb forms

    Present simple: I / you / we / they shoo  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it shoos  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past simple: shooed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Past participle: shooed  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    -ing form: shooing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Drive away by crying 'shoo!'play

    Synonyms:

    shoo; shoo away; shoo off

    Classified under:

    Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

    Hypernyms (to "shoo" is one way to...):

    chase away; dispel; drive away; drive off; drive out; run off; turn back (force to go away; used both with concrete and metaphoric meanings)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Somebody ----s somebody

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