Definition/Meaning of boo

• English - Interjection: boo A loud exclamation intended to scare someone. Usually used when one has been hidden from the target , and then appear s unexpectedly . Often used in playful or jokeful context. An exclamation used by a member of an audience , as at a stage play or sporting event, to indicate derision or disapproval . 1852 July 15, “Dundalk Election”, in The Freeman's Journal, volume lxxxv, Dublin, page 3: I…
• English - Noun: boo (plural boos) A derisive shout of the word 'boo' made to indicate disapproval . 2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC Sport: ...Hodgson headed down the tunnel with the boos of fans ringing in his ears after an eighth league defeat of the season... 2026 January 24, Michael Pascoe, “America’s mighty economic power has feet of clay”, in Michael West Media:…
• English - Verb: boo (third-person singular simple present boos, present participle booing, simple past and past participle booed) (intransitive) To shout extended boos derisively. When he took the podium, the crowd booed . 2004 October 18, The New Yorker: Nobody booed and nobody clapped (transitive) To shout extended boos at, as a form of disapproval or derision . The protesters loudly booed the visiting…
• English - Anagrams: o/b/o OOB
• English - Etymology: Etymology 1. From earlier (15c.) boh , coined to create a loud and startling sound. Compare Middle English bus! (“bang!”, interjection), Latin boō (“cry aloud, roar, shout”, verb), Ancient Greek βοάω (boáō, “shout”, verb). Etymology 2. From beau , from French beau. First appears c. 1988 in the Washington Post: See the cite below. Etymology 3. Of unknown origin, possibly from boojum , from a…