BOO


Meaning of BOO in English

I. boo 1 /buː/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive and transitive]

to shout ‘boo’ to show that you do not like a person, performance, idea etc:

Some of the audience started booing.

She was booed off stage (=they shouted ‘boo’ until she left the stage) .

II. boo 2 BrE AmE interjection

[ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: Natural sound ]

1 . a noise made by people who do not like a person, performance, idea etc

2 . a word you shout suddenly to someone as a joke in order to frighten them

3 . wouldn’t say boo to a goose an expression used to describe a shy quiet person

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.