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Webster 1913 Edition


Boohoo

Booˊhoo′

(boōˊhoō′)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Boohooed
(boōˊhoōd′)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Boohooing
.]
[An imitative word.]
To bawl; to cry loudly.
[Low]
Bartlett.

Boo′hooˊ

(boō′hoōˊ)
,
Noun.
(Zool.)
The sailfish; – called also
woohoo
.

Definition 2024


boohoo

boohoo

See also: boo hoo

English

Verb

boohoo (third-person singular simple present boohoos, present participle boohooing, simple past and past participle boohooed)

  1. (intransitive) To cry, weep.
    • 2011, Grace Dent, The Guardian, 8 Jul 2011:
      "It feels inevitable," he boohooed. Of course it was inevitable – he used to tweet at least six times an hour, endless say-what-you-see drivel.

Translations

Noun

boohoo (plural boohoos)

  1. The woohoo, or sailfish.