BOO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does boo mean? 

• BOO (noun)
  The noun BOO has 1 sense:

1. a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

  Familiarity information: BOO used as a noun is very rare.

• BOO (verb)
  The verb BOO has 1 sense:

1. show displeasure, as after a performance or speech

  Familiarity information: BOO used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOO (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bird; boo; Bronx cheer; hiss; hoot; raspberry; razz; razzing; snort

Hypernyms ("boo" is a kind of...):

call; cry; outcry; shout; vociferation; yell (a loud utterance; often in protest or opposition)

Derivation:

boo (show displeasure, as after a performance or speech)

• BOO (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they boo    ... he / she / it boos   
Past simple: booed   
Past participle: booed   
-ing form: booing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Show displeasure, as after a performance or speech

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

boo; hiss

Hypernyms (to "boo" is one way to...):

condemn (declare or judge unfit for use or habitation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

Antonym:

applaud (clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval)

Derivation:

boo (a cry or noise made to express displeasure or contempt)

 Context examples 

Since then, only Hubble has had the sharpness in blue light to track these elusive features that have played a game of peek-a-boo over the years.

(Hubble Sees Neptune's Mysterious Shrinking Storm, NASA)