"boo hoo" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: en-us-boo hoo.ogg [California, US]
Etymology: Onomatopoeic evoking cries. Head templates: {{en-interj|nolinkhead=1}} boo hoo
  1. The sound of crying. Translations (sound of crying): buà (Catalan), buè (Catalan), 嗚嗚 (Chinese), 呜呜 (wūwū) (Chinese), boehoe (Dutch), yhyy (Finnish), nyyh (Finnish), ouin-ouin (French), bou hou (French), μπου-χου (bou-chou) (Greek), brühühü (Hungarian), brűhűhű (english: elongated) (Hungarian), うえーん (Japanese), 엉엉 (eong'eong) (Korean), hu (Norwegian Nynorsk), chlip (Polish), bu (Polish), хнык-хнык (xnyk-xnyk) (Russian), snif (Spanish), ühü (Turkish), hu hu (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-boo_hoo-en-intj-zAxr8H0G Disambiguation of 'sound of crying': 92 8
  2. (used ironically, spoken as an ordinary word) it is not worth crying about, an expression of contempt Tags: colloquial
    Sense id: en-boo_hoo-en-intj-TGiOOLBN Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English onomatopoeias, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 81 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 11 89 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 22 78 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 14 86

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  "etymology_text": "Onomatopoeic evoking cries.",
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      "expansion": "boo hoo",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "\"Boo hoo!\" cried Lisa after she misplaced her saxophone."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The sound of crying."
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        [
          "crying",
          "crying"
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          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "sound of crying",
          "word": "buà"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "sound of crying",
          "word": "buè"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "zh",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "sense": "sound of crying",
          "word": "嗚嗚"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "zh",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "wūwū",
          "sense": "sound of crying",
          "word": "呜呜"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "sound of crying",
          "word": "boehoe"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "sound of crying",
          "word": "yhyy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "sound of crying",
          "word": "nyyh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "sound of crying",
          "word": "ouin-ouin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "sound of crying",
          "word": "bou hou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "bou-chou",
          "sense": "sound of crying",
          "word": "μπου-χου"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "sound of crying",
          "word": "brühühü"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "hu",
          "english": "elongated",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "sound of crying",
          "word": "brűhűhű"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "sound of crying",
          "word": "うえーん"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "eong'eong",
          "sense": "sound of crying",
          "word": "엉엉"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "sound of crying",
          "word": "hu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "sound of crying",
          "word": "chlip"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "sound of crying",
          "word": "bu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "xnyk-xnyk",
          "sense": "sound of crying",
          "word": "хнык-хнык"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "sound of crying",
          "word": "snif"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "sound of crying",
          "word": "ühü"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "92 8",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "sound of crying",
          "word": "hu hu"
        }
      ]
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "So you broke it. Boo hoo! Get a grip, and clean up the mess."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "it is not worth crying about, an expression of contempt"
      ],
      "id": "en-boo_hoo-en-intj-TGiOOLBN",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(used ironically, spoken as an ordinary word) it is not worth crying about, an expression of contempt"
      ],
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        "used ironically"
      ],
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        "colloquial"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/En-us-boo_hoo.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "California",
        "US"
      ],
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    }
  ],
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}
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "\"Boo hoo!\" cried Lisa after she misplaced her saxophone."
        }
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "sound of crying",
      "word": "buà"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "sound of crying",
      "word": "buè"
    },
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "sense": "sound of crying",
      "word": "嗚嗚"
    },
    {
      "code": "zh",
      "lang": "Chinese",
      "roman": "wūwū",
      "sense": "sound of crying",
      "word": "呜呜"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "sound of crying",
      "word": "boehoe"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sound of crying",
      "word": "yhyy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "sound of crying",
      "word": "nyyh"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sound of crying",
      "word": "ouin-ouin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "sound of crying",
      "word": "bou hou"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "bou-chou",
      "sense": "sound of crying",
      "word": "μπου-χου"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sound of crying",
      "word": "brühühü"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "elongated",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "sound of crying",
      "word": "brűhűhű"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "sound of crying",
      "word": "うえーん"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "eong'eong",
      "sense": "sound of crying",
      "word": "엉엉"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "sound of crying",
      "word": "hu"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sound of crying",
      "word": "chlip"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "sound of crying",
      "word": "bu"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xnyk-xnyk",
      "sense": "sound of crying",
      "word": "хнык-хнык"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "sound of crying",
      "word": "snif"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "sound of crying",
      "word": "ühü"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "sound of crying",
      "word": "hu hu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "boo hoo"
}

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