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boohoo
[ boo-hoo ]
verb (used without object)
, boo·hooed, boo·hoo·ing.
- to weep noisily; blubber.
noun
, plural boo·hoos.
- the sound of noisy weeping.
boohoo
/ ˌbuːˈhuː /
verb
- to sob or pretend to sob noisily
noun
- sometimes plural distressed or pretended sobbing
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Word History and Origins
Origin of boohoo1
C20: nursery talk
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Example Sentences
"Boohoo as much as you like," cried the Yankee in a shrill tone, that was heard above all the howlings of the unlucky Sambo.
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Then she boohoo'd too, and the tears that fell between us looked like we were artesian wells—they certainly did.
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