booverb [ I or T ]
uk/buː/us/buː/present participle booing, past tense and past participle booedto make an expression of strong disapproval or disagreement:
People at the back started booing loudly.
Her singing was so bad that she was booed off the stage.
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Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- lashing
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pound away at sth/sb
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- throw
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boonoun [ C ]
uk/buː/us/buː/plural boosthe act of booing
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Disapproving & criticizing
- -basher
- animadversion
- aspersions
- backbite
- bad-mouth
- belabour
- damn
- damn sb with faint praise idiom
- denounce
- dig
- disapproval
- give sb hell idiom
- lashing
- pitch into sb/sth
- pound
- pound away at sth/sb
- pull sth apart
- put the boot in idiom
- take a dim view of sth idiom
- throw
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booexclamation
uk/buː/us/buː/an expression, usually shouted, used to surprise and frighten someone who does not know you are near them :
She jumped out of the cupboard and shouted "Boo!"
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Linguistics: interjections
- (well) what do you know! idiom
- aiyo
- alas
- aw shucks
- awesomesauce
- bam
- bless
- charming
- good show idiom
- goodness
- heck
- hot dog! idiom
- same to you idiom
- stuff and nonsense idiom
- talk
- use your loaf idiom
- voilà
- wake up! idiom
- what an idea! idiom
- yes
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