as in snort
a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval
the referee's questionable call was greeted with a chorus of boos
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as in to jeer
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Recent Examples of boo
Kiersten Hacker, Baltimore Sun, 12 Mar. 2025
During a November 2016 Broadway production of Hamilton, then-Vice President-elect Mike Pence heard some boos while attending the show.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2025
Bregman didn’t give fans anything to boo during the game, going hitless with a strikeout in four at-bats.
—Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Mar. 2025
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Noun
Cheers erupted from the crowd with stomps of approval for some of the speakers, while occasional boos were heard at the mention of DOGE or other actions taken by Trump.
—Verb
Fans in Canada booed the U.S. national anthem while fans in the U.S. booed the Canadian national anthem ahead of multiple games.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for boo
Noun
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Some friends prescribed a healthy snort of bourbon and a trip to the doctor.—
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There was always laughter, followed up by an occasional snort sometimes!—
Verb
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Robert Sanchez lost the trust of Stamford Bridge to be the team’s starting goalkeeper long ago and has been booed and jeered at times.—
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With the phone still to her ear, Molly is confronted with a vision of herself at seven years old (Annabelle Toomey); the little girl is dancing around the room in a pink ballet leotard and jeering at her adult counterpart.—
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Despite the show's ruminations revolving around Dorian's ego, there is no vanity in this performance where Snook sweats, sneers, and dashes across stage.—
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One is Giovanni Battista Moroni’s Portrait of a Woman (ca. 1575), in which a leery-eyed woman stares down at her viewer, pressing her lips into the faintest of sneers.—
Verb
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This week, Matt Ritchie compared Wembley 2023 to a party balloon that had been inflated for a fortnight; by the day of the game, air was hissing out.—
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Jones eventually released the distressed baby wombat, which hissed and screeched while in her arms, back onto the road, the video shows.—
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Here are six real books coming out this week, with dust jackets that reflect their real contents: mysteries and mishaps, often told with a sly smirk.—
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Hartford Courant Bueckers took and hit the 3-pointer with a shrug and a smirk.—
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“Boo.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/boo. Accessed 17 Apr. 2025.
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