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shook (2)
shook-up
shoon
shoot
shoot down
shoot-’em-up
shoot-the-chute
shoot-to-kill
shoot up
shootaround
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shoo

shoo [ shoo ]


interjection 
Definition:
 
used to get animal to leave: used to tell a child or animal to go away



transitive and intransitive verb  (past and past participle shooed, present participle shoo·ing, 3rd person present singular shoos)
Definition:
 
wave away: to say shoo and gesture to a child or animal to go away
shooed the pigeons away

[15th century. Natural exclamation]
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