vt to put under taboo; to forbid, or to forbid the use of; to interdict approach to, or use of; as, to taboo the ground set apart as a sanctuary for criminals.
2. taboo ·noun a total prohibition of intercourse with, use of, or approach to, a given person or thing under pain of death, an interdict of religious origin and authority, formerly common in the islands of polynesia; interdiction.
3. taboo ·add. ·adj set apart or sacred by religious custom among certain races of polynesia, new zealand, ·etc., and forbidden to certain persons or uses; hence, prohibited under severe penalties; interdicted; as, food, places, words, customs, ·etc., may be taboo.