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# shoo

interjection (shoo!); verb (shoo, shoos, shooed, shooing)

«shoo» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. interjection A word said to make animals or people go away. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoo/#m1)
2. verb To make someone or something leave by waving your arms and saying «shoo». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoo/#m2)
3. (informal) shoo-in Someone sure to win. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoo/#m3)

### In the lessons

Everyday: shooing a cat from the kitchen, shooing birds off the picnic. In stories, a cross gran shoos children outside. Phrases: «shoo away», «shoo off», «a shoo-in».

### Examples

- "Shoo!" shouted Gran at the pigeons. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoo/#x1)
- Mum shooed the dog off the sofa. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoo/#x2)
- We shooed the wasps away from our lunch. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoo/#x3)
- The teacher shooed us outside into the sunshine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoo/#x4)
- She's a shoo-in for the captain's job. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoo/#x5)
- Shoo, cat, get out of the kitchen! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoo/#x6)
- They fed the man, and during his feeding Fionn had been shooed from the door as if he were a chicken. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoo/#x7)

### Note

Sounds like «shoe» — homophone trap: «shoe» is what you wear. Past «shooed». Informal.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shoo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoo/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shoo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shoo.html) on Mova free.