/ ʃuː; NAmE / verb , exclamation
■ verb
( shoo·ing , shooed , shooed ) [ vn ] to make sb/sth go away or to another place, especially by saying 'shoo' and waving your arms and hands :
He shooed the dog out of the kitchen.
■ exclamation
used to tell a child or an animal to go away
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WORD ORIGIN
a natural exclamation: first recorded in late Middle English . The verb use dates from the early 17th cent.