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Meaning:

Interjection:

  • A loud exclamation intended to scare someone, especially a child. Usually used when one has been hidden from the victim and then suddenly appeared unexpectedly.
  • An exclamation used by a member of an audience, as at a stage play or sports game, to indicate derision or disapproval of what has just occurred.
  • A word used by someone who is inherently scary, such as a ghost or a vampire, to make a weaker person who is scared stiff flee. Usually used quietly, as with definition 2.
  • A word used ironically in a situation where one might have scared someone, but said someone was not scared. Not said as loudly as in definition 1.

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Noun:

  • A close acquaintance or significant other.
  • A derisive shout (as interjection definition 4 above).

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Verb:

  • intransitive To shout extended boos derisively.
  • transitive To derisively shout extended boos at.

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