"boo hoo" meaning in English

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Interjection

Audio: en-us-boo hoo.ogg
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), buhuu (German), 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), bua (Spanish), ühü (Turkish), hu hu (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-boo_hoo-en-intj-zAxr8H0G Disambiguation of 'sound of crying': 90 10
  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 onomatopoeias, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Chinese translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English onomatopoeias: 21 79 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Chinese translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 6 94 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 25 75 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 16 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 25 75
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