shoo
Dismiss with gestures
Shoo is a sound used to drive away animals or people, especially birds or small creatures: Shoo! Get out of here!
As a verb, to shoo is to chase something away with gestures or sounds: She shooed the cat off the counter.
A shoo-in is someone virtually certain to win or succeed.
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- begoneCommand to depart
- scatImprovised vocal jazz
- scramDepart hastily, informally
- gitBritish term for fool
leave · go · off · out · vamoose · beat it · get lost · buzz off
Improvised vocal jazz
Two-winged buzzing insect
Oscillating motion through medium
away
Not in this location
git · leave · go · off · out · vamoose · beat it · get lost · buzz off · clear off
scat
Improvised vocal jazz
stop · go · away · off · out · begone · vamoose · hush · back · halt
fly
Two-winged buzzing insect
bee · wasp · gnat · pest · critter · bird · pigeon · crow · stray · cat
wave
Oscillating motion through medium
swat · brush · sweep · fan · bat · usher · beckon · signal · whisk · flap
guard
Watchful defensive attention
ward · defend · deter · prevent · safeguard · shield · protect · barrier · scare off · startle
- gesturesgesture, hand gestures, applause, hand raise, tap on shoulder
- hand gestureswave, point, beckon, clap, snap
- dismissalsgo away, get out, leave, scram, beat it
- dismissdismiss, brush off, brush aside, wave away, wave off
- hurry uphurry, hurry up, rush, hustle, move it
- interjectionsah, hey, aha, sheesh, oh
- shoo away
- shoo insCertain victors, colloquially
- shoo offGesture to leave
- moo shooChinese pancake dish
- shoo-fly pieMolasses crumb-top tart
- shoofly pieMolasses-filled crumb-topped pastry