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单词 boohoo
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boohoo

[ boo-hoo ]
/ ˌbuˈhu /
Informal.
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verb (used without object), boo·hooed, boo·hoo·ing.

to weep noisily; blubber.

noun, plural boo·hoos.

the sound of noisy weeping.

Origin of boohoo

First recorded in 1515–25; rhyming compound based on boo1

Words nearby boohoo

boogeyman, boogie, boogie board, boogie-woogie, boohai, boohoo, boo-hurrah theory, boojie, boojum tree, book, book bag
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Example sentences from the Web for boohoo

  • Then she boohoo'd too, and the tears that fell between us looked like we were artesian wells—they certainly did.

    Mary Cary|Kate Langley Bosher

British Dictionary definitions for boohoo

boohoo
/ (ˌbuːˈhuː) /

verb -hoos, -hooing or -hooed

to sob or pretend to sob noisily

noun plural -hoos

(sometimes plural) distressed or pretended sobbing

Word Origin for boohoo

C20: nursery talk
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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