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Definition of Shoo away
1. Verb. Drive away by crying 'shoo!'.
Generic synonyms: Chase Away, Dispel, Drive Away, Drive Off, Drive Out, Run Off, Turn Back
Lexicographical Neighbors of Shoo Away
Literary usage of Shoo away
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases by Anne Elizabeth Baker (1854)
"... Shoo all away, shoo away, Shoo. Away, away, away birds, Take a little bit,
and come another day, birds; Great birds, little birds, pigeons and crows, ..."
2. Trukese-English Dictionary by Ward Hunt Goodenough, Hiroshi Sugita (1980)
"chase, shoo away, put to rout, cause to flee. fleeing anew(vi.): cause a fleeing
or shooing flesh (of animals only). ..."
3. Methodist Magazine (1900)
"It was the old yellow rooster looking saucily in at the open door that awakened
her, and she rose to " shoo " away the chickens. " Tirzah ! ..."
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