Meaning

1 senses
  1. (informal)Go away! Clear off!

    Shoo, fly, don't bother me!

    husch, kusch

    кыш!kyš!, брысь!brysʹ!, кшш!kšš!

    киш!kyš!

Examples

23 sentences
  1. The old lady shooed us away.

  2. She shooed him outdoors.

    ruОна выгнала его на улицу. — marafon

  3. Tom shooed the flies away.

    ruТом отмахнулся от мух. — Wezel

    deTom scheuchte die Fliegen weg. — bonny37

  4. Tom shooed the cat away.

  5. Tom shooed away the flies.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
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Русский
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go away:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
go away:

Origin

From Middle English schew, schowe, show, showe, scou (“shoo!”, interjection). Compare Midd

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”).

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