different between shoo vs shos

English

Etymology

Compare Dutch schuwen (“to shun”), German scheuchen (“to scare, drive away”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u?/
• Rhymes: -u?
• Homophones: shoe, SHU

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.

2. (intransitive, informal) To leave under inducement.

3. (informal, rare) To usher someone.

Derived terms

• shoo away
• shoo-in
• shoo off

Translations

Interjection

shoo!

1. (informal, demeaning) Go away! Clear off!

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:go away

Translations

Anagrams

• SOHO, SoHo, Soho, oohs, soho

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

shoo

1. Alternative form of sho (“shoe”)

Etymology 2

Verb

shoo

1. Alternative form of shon (“to shoe”)

Navajo

Interjection

shoo

1. I see; oh yes, I see

Derived terms

• ání???? shoo
• ge? shoo

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English show.

Pronunciation

Noun

shoo (n class, plural shoo)

1. show (performance)

Yola

Etymology

From Middle English sche, from Old English h?o, h?o.

Proper noun

shoo

1. she

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Noun

shos

1. plural of sho

Anagrams

• Hoss, Sohs, hoss, sohs, sosh

Middle English

Noun

shos

1. plural of sho (“shoe”)