Definitions for boo

boo boo

Spelling: [boo]
IPA: /bu/

Boo is a 3 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 8 anagrams from letters in boo (boo).

Definitions for boo

noun

  1. an exclamation of contempt or disapproval:
  2. Slang. marijuana.
  3. one's boyfriend or girlfriend.

interjection

  1. (used to express contempt or disapprobation or to startle or frighten).

verb (used with object)

  1. to show disapproval of by booing.

verb (used without object)

  1. to cry boo in derision.

Origin of boo

First recorded in 1810-20; expressive formation

Examples for boo

He dashed up noisily from the underbrush, swung his arms, and shouted, “boo!”

Our sleigh tumbled on one side or the other, upsetting before we could say "boo!"

It was a case of the jitters, a nation primed to jump at the word “boo!”

Big boo is also one of the few characters who seems to “get” prison.

Here Comes Honey boo boo, taken as a part of the TV landscape, actually meant something.

And you look now as if somebody's ghost had riz and hollered 'boo!'

In the daytime she has a weakness for picture hats, and she can't say boo to a goose.'

I could call him my “boo,” but when I tried it out he rolled his eyes.

But this time Miss Wayne never said 'boo,' when I couldn't hold in any longer.

The U.S. administration would gush over Fayyad, just stopping short of calling him their boo.

Word Value for boo
Scrable

5

Words with friends

6

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