FromMiddle English schew schowe show showe scou ( “ shoo! ” ,interjection ) . CompareMiddle High German schū schuo ( “ shoo! ” ,interjection ) (modernGerman scheu! ( “ shoo! ” ) ),Dutch schuwen ( “ to shun ” ) ,German scheuchen ( “ to scare, drive away ” ) .
shoo (third-person singular simple present shoos present participle shooing simple past and past participle shooed
( transitive , informal ) induce someone or something toleave .Don't justshoo away mosquitoes, kill them!
See if you canshoo off the insurance salesmen.
1951 John Wyndham ,The Day of the Triffids 1954 , page15 :It was those damned bandages over my eyes, the medley of voices that had shouted back at me down the corridor. But I certainly was getting the willies - and once you get 'em, they grow. Already they were past the stage where you canshoo them off by whistling or singing at yourself.
( intransitive , informal ) leave underinducement .You kids had bettershoo before your parents get a call.
( informal , rare ) usher someone.Shoo the visitor in.
to induce someone to leave
Bulgarian:изпъждам (bg) ( izpǎždam ) ,прогонвам (bg) ( progonvam ) Chinese:Mandarin:閃 / 闪 (zh) ( shǎn ) ,滾開 / 滚开 (zh) ( gǔnkāi ) Finnish:hätistää (fi) ,hätistellä (fi) ,ajaa tiehensä häätää (fi) French:zou (fr) Galician:botar (gl) ,axotar (gl) ,espaxotar escorrentar (gl) ,espantar (gl) German:scheuchen (de) ,verscheuchen (de) Greek:διώχνω (el) ( dióchno ) Hungarian:elhesseget (hu) Japanese:叱する ( しっする, shissuru ) Korean:쉬이하다 ( swiihada ) Māori:whakahie Polish:pogonić (pl) Portuguese:enxotar (pt) Russian:прогоня́ть (ru) impf ( progonjátʹ ) ,прогна́ть (ru) pf ( prognátʹ ) ,шуга́ть (ru) impf ( šugátʹ ) ,шугану́ть (ru) pf ( šuganútʹ ) ( colloquial ) Spanish:ahuyentar (es) ,correr (es) ,amontar (es) ( dated ) ,zalear (es) ,oxear (es) ,osear (es) Swedish:sjasa (sv) ,sjasa bort sjasa iväg Turkish:kaçırmak (tr) ,kışkışlamak (tr) ,kovmak (tr) ,kovalamak (tr)
to leave under inducement
shoo!
( informal , demeaning) Go away !Clear off !Synonyms: see Thesaurus:go away go away
Chinese:Mandarin:閃 / 闪 (zh) ( shǎn ) ,滾啦 / 滚啦 Czech:kšá (cs) Esperanto:tju Finnish:häivy (fi) ,hus (fi) French:pschtt ouste (fr) ,zou (fr) Galician:isca (gl) ,lisca gache xo (gl) ,cache German:( more mildly ) husch (de) ,( more aggressively ) ksch kusch (de) Greek:ουστ (el) ( oust ) ,ξουτ (el) ( xout ) ,δίνε του (el) ( díne tou ) Hebrew:קִישְׁטָה (he) ( kíshta ) Hungarian:hess (hu) ,sicc (hu) ,mars (hu) Irish:hois Italian:sciò! pussa via! vattene! Japanese:シーッシー ( shīsshī ) ,シッシ ( shisshi ) ,叱 (ja) ( しっ , shi') Korean:쉬이 (ko) ( swii ) Lithuanian:štiš! Macedonian:мрш ( mrš ) ,иш ( iš ) Malay:siuh (ms) ,syiuh syuh (ms) Norwegian:trekk unna Polish:sio (pl) ,a kysz (pl) ,afe (pl) Portuguese:xô (pt) Russian:кыш! (ru) ( kyš! ) ,брысь! (ru) ( brysʹ! ) ,кшш! ( kšš! ) ,пшёл! ( pšol! ) Serbo-Croatian:Cyrillic:ши̏ц и̏ш Latin:šȉc (sh) ( to cats ) ,ȉš (sh) Spanish:ox (es) ,os (es) Swedish:sjas (sv) ,schas (sv) Tatar:перс ( pers ) ,көш-көш ( köş-köş ) Turkish:kış! (tr) ,kışt! (tr) ,kışak! Ukrainian:киш! ( kyš! ) Unami:push ( to cats )
FromMiddle English scho sheo scheo sȝheo Old English hēo ( “ she ” ) . More atshe
shoo
( Yorkshire ) Alternative form ofshe .1847 Emily Brontë , chapter II, inWuthering Heights [1] 1855 ,→OCLC 15 :Hearken, hearken,shoo ’s cursing on em!” muttered Joseph, towards whom I had been steering.
shoo
( Sussex ) alternative form ofsche ( “ she ” ) shoo
alternative form ofscho ( “ shoe ” ) shoo
alternative form ofschon ( “ to shoe ” ) shoo
I see; oh yes, I see Borrowed fromEnglish show
shoo classIX (plural shoo classX )
show ( performance ) shoo
( slang ) alternative form ofsho ( “ hi ” ) FromMiddle English scho, sche Old English hēo hīo Proto-West Germanic *hiju
shoo
she 1867 GLOSSARY OF THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , page63 :1867 SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , number14 , page90 :Jaane got leigheen;shoo pleast aam all, fowe? Joan set them a laughing,she pleased them all, how? 1867 SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , number14 , page90 :Shoo ya aam zim to doone, as w' be doone nowe;She gave them some to do, as we are doing now;1867 SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , number 3, page108 :Shoo zent him o' die.She sent him one day.1867 SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY , number 6, page108 :Shoo zent him anoor die a gozleen to keep;She sent him another day the goslings to keep;Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828), William Barnes, editor,A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland , London: J. Russell Smith, published1867 ,page67 
