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Definition of Boohoo
1. n. The sailfish; -- called also woohoo.
Definition of Boohoo
1. Verb. (intransitive) To cry, weep. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Boohoo
1. to weep noisily [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Boohoo
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Boohoo
Literary usage of Boohoo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"A stroke causing a hollow sound. ibid.; Ba/, synon. V. B UFF, v. and в. which must
be viewed as the same differently pronounced. boohoo, interj. ..."
2. Zuñi Folk Tales by Frank Hamilton Cushing (1901)
"Then he took the other one by the neck, and swung it round and round, and dung
it into the air, and it flew away with a heavy motion, and cried : " boohoo, ..."
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