I. ˈshü interjection
Etymology: Middle English schowe
— used in frightening away an animal (as a hen)
II. verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
transitive verb
1. : to scare or drive away (as birds) by or in the manner of one crying shoo
shooing out a parcel of hens — Ida Treat
like a fly … settling whenever the hand ceased to shoo it away — Robert DeVries
2.
a. : to send or cause to move away or along especially by urging gently with words or gestures suggestive of the shooing of fowls
were shooing the passengers off a country bus — Mollie Panter-Downes
shooed them off for their walk — Ann Bridge
b. : to drive out : chase away : dispel
softened her, shooing away the madness — Adria L. Langley
shoo away the memory — D.B.Chidsey
intransitive verb
1. : to make the sounds or gestures of one shooing fowls
shooing at them with her umbrella — Elizabeth Taylor
2. : to go away or along at or as if at the cry of shoo
the fly shooed — Danforth Ross