"shoo" meaning in English

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Interjection

IPA: /ʃuː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shoo.wav Forms: shoo! [canonical]
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: From Middle English schew, schowe, show, showe, scou (“shoo!”, interjection). Compare Middle High German schū, schuo (“shoo!”, interjection) (modern German scheu! (“shoo!”)), Dutch schuwen (“to shun”), German scheuchen (“to scare, drive away”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|schew}} Middle English schew, {{cog|gmh|schū}} Middle High German schū, {{cog|de|scheu|scheu!|t=shoo!}} German scheu! (“shoo!”), {{cog|nl|schuwen|t=to shun}} Dutch schuwen (“to shun”), {{cog|de|scheuchen|t=to scare, drive away}} German scheuchen (“to scare, drive away”) Head templates: {{en-interj|head=shoo!}} shoo!
  1. (informal, demeaning) Go away! Clear off! Tags: informal Categories (topical): English animal commands Synonyms: go away Translations (go away): 閃 /闪 (shǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 滾啦 /滚啦 (Chinese Mandarin), kšá (Czech), tju (Esperanto), häivy (Finnish), hus (Finnish), pschtt (French), ouste (French), zou (French), isca (Galician), lisca (Galician), gache (Galician), xo (Galician), cache (Galician), husch (english: more mildly) (German), kusch (German), ουστ (oust) (Greek), ξουτ (xout) (Greek), δίνε του (díne tou) (Greek), hess (Hungarian), sicc (Hungarian), mars (Hungarian), hois (Irish), sciò! (Italian), pussa via! (Italian), vattene! (Italian), シーッシー (shīsshī) (Japanese), シッシ (shisshi) (Japanese), (shi') (alt: しっ) (Japanese), 쉬이 (swii) (Korean), štiš! (Lithuanian), мрш (mrš) (Macedonian), иш (iš) (Macedonian), siuh (Malay), syiuh (Malay), syuh (Malay), trekk unna (Norwegian), sio (Polish), a kysz (Polish), afe (Polish), (Portuguese), кыш! (kyš!) (Russian), брысь! (brysʹ!) (Russian), кшш! (kšš!) (Russian), пшёл! (pšol!) (Russian), ши̏ц [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), и̏ш [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), šȉc (english: to cats) [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ȉš [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), sjas (Swedish), schas (Swedish), перс (pers) (Tatar), көш-көш (köş-köş) (Tatar), kış! (Turkish), kışt! (Turkish), kışak! (Turkish), киш! (kyš!) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-shoo-en-intj-JyzjmnU8 Disambiguation of English animal commands: 50 11 14 25 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 6 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Macedonian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Tatar translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 26 7 2 3 Disambiguation of English pronouns: 56 21 6 2 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 11 13 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 6 entries: 56 18 6 2 4 5 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 19 4 1 3 4 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 68 8 10 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 62 9 12 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 75 8 10 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 67 8 10 15 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 68 11 13 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 67 8 10 15 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 74 8 11 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 58 21 15 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 56 18 11 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 67 8 10 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 75 8 11 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 75 8 11 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 67 8 10 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 65 8 10 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 65 8 10 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 65 8 10 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 69 13 12 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 67 8 10 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 67 8 10 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 61 11 13 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 66 8 9 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 75 8 11 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 66 8 10 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 74 9 11 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 67 8 9 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Tatar translations: 65 8 10 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 67 8 9 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 67 8 10 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Pronoun

IPA: /ʃuː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shoo.wav
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: From Middle English scho, sheo, scheo, sȝheo, from Old English hēo (“she”). More at she. Etymology templates: {{etymid|en|she}}, {{inh|en|enm|scho}} Middle English scho, {{inh|en|ang|hēo|t=she}} Old English hēo (“she”) Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun}} shoo
  1. (Yorkshire) Alternative form of she Tags: Yorkshire, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: she Related terms: honk-shoo
    Sense id: en-shoo-en-pron-2wkuM-h1 Categories (other): Yorkshire English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /ʃuː/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shoo.wav Forms: shoos [present, singular, third-person], shooing [participle, present], shooed [participle, past], shooed [past]
Rhymes: -uː Etymology: From Middle English schew, schowe, show, showe, scou (“shoo!”, interjection). Compare Middle High German schū, schuo (“shoo!”, interjection) (modern German scheu! (“shoo!”)), Dutch schuwen (“to shun”), German scheuchen (“to scare, drive away”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|schew}} Middle English schew, {{cog|gmh|schū}} Middle High German schū, {{cog|de|scheu|scheu!|t=shoo!}} German scheu! (“shoo!”), {{cog|nl|schuwen|t=to shun}} Dutch schuwen (“to shun”), {{cog|de|scheuchen|t=to scare, drive away}} German scheuchen (“to scare, drive away”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} shoo (third-person singular simple present shoos, present participle shooing, simple past and past participle shooed)
  1. (transitive, informal) To induce someone or something to leave. Tags: informal, transitive Translations (to induce someone to leave): изпъждам (izpǎždam) (Bulgarian), прогонвам (progonvam) (Bulgarian), 閃 /闪 (shǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 滾開 /滚开 (gǔnkāi) (Chinese Mandarin), hätistää (Finnish), hätistellä (Finnish), ajaa tiehensä (Finnish), häätää (Finnish), zou (French), botar (Galician), axotar (Galician), espaxotar (Galician), escorrentar (Galician), espantar (Galician), scheuchen (German), verscheuchen (German), διώχνω (dióchno) (Greek), elhesseget (Hungarian), 叱する (shissuru) (alt: しっする) (Japanese), 쉬이하다 (swiihada) (Korean), whakahie (Maori), pogonić (Polish), enxotar (Portuguese), прогоня́ть (progonjátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), прогна́ть (prognátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), шуга́ть (šugátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), шугану́ть (šuganútʹ) [colloquial, perfective] (Russian), ahuyentar (Spanish), correr (Spanish), amontar (Spanish), zalear (Spanish), sjasa (Swedish), sjasa bort (Swedish), sjasa iväg (Swedish), kaçırmak (Turkish), kışkışlamak (Turkish), kovmak (Turkish), kovalamak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-shoo-en-verb-y~b7n~PK Disambiguation of 'to induce someone to leave': 75 23 2
  2. (intransitive, informal) To leave under inducement. Tags: informal, intransitive Translations (to leave under inducement): häipyä (Finnish), liscar (Galician), amontar (english: se) (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-shoo-en-verb-UjuCwsfG Disambiguation of 'to leave under inducement': 8 92 0
  3. (informal, rare) To usher someone. Tags: informal, rare
    Sense id: en-shoo-en-verb-SFjVHprA
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: shoo away, shoofly pie, shoo-fly plant, shoo-in, shoo off
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
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          "code": "fr",
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          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
          "word": "zou"
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
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          "code": "de",
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          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
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          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "dióchno",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
          "word": "διώχνω"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
          "word": "elhesseget"
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          "alt": "しっする",
          "code": "ja",
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          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "swiihada",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
          "word": "쉬이하다"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
          "word": "whakahie"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
          "word": "pogonić"
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          "_dis1": "75 23 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
          "word": "enxotar"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "progonjátʹ",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
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          "word": "прогоня́ть"
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "prognátʹ",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
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        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "šugátʹ",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "шуга́ть"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "šuganútʹ",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 23 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
          "word": "ahuyentar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 23 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
          "word": "correr"
        },
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          "_dis1": "75 23 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
          "word": "amontar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "75 23 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
          "word": "zalear"
        },
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
          "word": "sjasa"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
          "word": "sjasa bort"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
          "word": "sjasa iväg"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
          "word": "kaçırmak"
        },
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          "_dis1": "75 23 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
          "word": "kışkışlamak"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
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          "_dis1": "75 23 2",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
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          "text": "You kids had better shoo before your parents get a call.",
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        "To leave under inducement."
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      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 92 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to leave under inducement",
          "word": "häipyä"
        },
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          "_dis1": "8 92 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to leave under inducement",
          "word": "liscar"
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          "_dis1": "8 92 0",
          "code": "es",
          "english": "se",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "to leave under inducement",
          "word": "amontar"
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          "text": "Shoo the visitor in.",
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        "To usher someone."
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        "(informal, rare) To usher someone."
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          "sense": "go away"
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          "code": "ms",
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        {
          "code": "sh",
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "go away",
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          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "go away",
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          "sense": "go away",
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        "(Yorkshire) Alternative form of she"
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    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tatar translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
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    {
      "word": "shoo away"
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    {
      "word": "shoofly pie"
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      "word": "shoo-fly plant"
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        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Don't just shoo away mosquitoes, kill them!",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "text": "See if you can shoo off the insurance salesmen.",
          "type": "example"
        }
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        "To induce someone or something to leave."
      ],
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          "induce",
          "induce"
        ],
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          "leave",
          "leave"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive, informal) To induce someone or something to leave."
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        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
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      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "You kids had better shoo before your parents get a call.",
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        }
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        "To leave under inducement."
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          "leave"
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          "inducement"
        ]
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        "(intransitive, informal) To leave under inducement."
      ],
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        "informal",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English informal terms",
        "English terms with rare senses",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Shoo the visitor in.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To usher someone."
      ],
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        [
          "usher",
          "usher"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, rare) To usher someone."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "rare"
      ]
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    {
      "rhymes": "-uː"
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    {
      "homophone": "shoe"
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    {
      "homophone": "SHU"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izpǎždam",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "изпъждам"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "progonvam",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "прогонвам"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǎn",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "閃 /闪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gǔnkāi",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "滾開 /滚开"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "hätistää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "hätistellä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "ajaa tiehensä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "häätää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "zou"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "botar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "axotar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "espaxotar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "escorrentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "espantar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "scheuchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "verscheuchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "dióchno",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "διώχνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "elhesseget"
    },
    {
      "alt": "しっする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shissuru",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "叱する"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "swiihada",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "쉬이하다"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "whakahie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "pogonić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "enxotar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "progonjátʹ",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "прогоня́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prognátʹ",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "прогна́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šugátʹ",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "шуга́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šuganútʹ",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "шугану́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "ahuyentar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "correr"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "amontar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "zalear"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "sjasa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "sjasa bort"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "sjasa iväg"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "kaçırmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "kışkışlamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "kovmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to induce someone to leave",
      "word": "kovalamak"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to leave under inducement",
      "word": "häipyä"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to leave under inducement",
      "word": "liscar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "se",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to leave under inducement",
      "word": "amontar"
    }
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}

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    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Irish translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Korean translations",
    "Terms with Lithuanian translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Maori translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Tatar translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations"
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        "3": "scheu!",
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      },
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      "name": "cog"
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        "t": "to scare, drive away"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǎn",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "閃 /闪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "滾啦 /滚啦"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "kšá"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "tju"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "häivy"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "hus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "pschtt"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "ouste"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "zou"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "isca"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "lisca"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "gache"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "xo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "cache"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "english": "more mildly",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "husch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "note": "(more aggressively) ksch",
      "sense": "go away"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "kusch"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "oust",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "ουστ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "xout",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "ξουτ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "díne tou",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "δίνε του"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "hess"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "sicc"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "mars"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "hois"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "sciò!"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "pussa via!"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "vattene!"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shīsshī",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "シーッシー"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shisshi",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "シッシ"
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    {
      "alt": "しっ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "shi'",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "叱"
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    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "swii",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "쉬이"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "štiš!"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
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      "roman": "mrš",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "мрш"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "iš",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "иш"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "siuh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "syiuh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "syuh"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "trekk unna"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "sio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "a kysz"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "afe"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "xô"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kyš!",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "кыш!"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "brysʹ!",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "брысь!"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kšš!",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "кшш!"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pšol!",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "пшёл!"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "go away",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "ши̏ц"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "go away",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "и̏ш"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "english": "to cats",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "go away",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "šȉc"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "go away",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ȉš"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "sjas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "schas"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "pers",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "перс"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "köş-köş",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "көш-көш"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "kış!"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "kışt!"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "kışak!"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kyš!",
      "sense": "go away",
      "word": "киш!"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shoo"
}

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    "English lemmas",
    "English pronouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms derived from Old English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Old English",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "Pages with 6 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/uː",
    "Rhymes:English/uː/1 syllable"
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "she"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "etymid"
    },
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        "2": "enm",
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      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "ang",
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    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English scho, sheo, scheo, sȝheo, from Old English hēo (“she”). More at she.",
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "shoo",
      "name": "head"
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "honk-shoo"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
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          "word": "she"
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        "English terms with quotations",
        "Yorkshire English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1847, Emily Brontë, chapter II, in Wuthering Heights, New York: Harper Brothers, published 1855, →OCLC, page 15:",
          "text": "Hearken, hearken, shoo’s cursing on em!” muttered Joseph, towards whom I had been steering.",
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        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of she"
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        "(Yorkshire) Alternative form of she"
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "alternative"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ʃuː/"
    },
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      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shoo.wav",
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uː"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "shoe"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "SHU"
    }
  ],
  "word": "shoo"
}

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  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: informal, demeaning",
  "path": [
    "shoo"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "interjection",
  "title": "shoo",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1831",
  "msg": "unrecognized sense qualifier: informal, demeaning",
  "path": [
    "shoo"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "interjection",
  "title": "shoo",
  "trace": ""
}

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