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Meaning of Boo | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Frequent
buː

Definitions

  1. A close acquaintance or significant other.
  2. Cannabis.
  3. A tail feather from an ostrich.
  4. A community in Nacka, Stockholm, central Sweden.
  5. The Boko language.
  6. A derisive shout of the word 'boo' made to indicate disapproval.

Equivalents

العربية البوو
Bosanski bu
Català UA
Čeština baf
Deutsch buh buhen Buhruf
Ελληνικά Μπου ου
Esperanto hu
Español abuchear abucheo befa bu uuh
Suomi buu buuata buuaus pöö
Français boo bouh hou huer
Gaeilge faíreach
Gàidhlig
Galego apupar
עברית בוז
Hrvatski bu
Magyar pfuj
Íslenska púa u
한국어
Kurdî baf bo û û
Македонски бу уа
Nederlands boe boegeroep
Polski bu
Português apupar apupo bu vaia vaiar
Română bau huo
Српски bu
Svenska Boo bu bua burop
Türkçe yuh
Tiếng Việt

Examples

“...Hodgson headed down the tunnel with the boos of fans ringing in his ears after an eighth league defeat of the season...”
“Like a moustachioed pantomime villain relishing boos and hisses from the audience, Trump is oblivious to warnings and protestations from the sane world and simply contemptuous of the lickspittle mob desperately hoping to go unnoticed.”
“A tall, hooded young woman, clutching a newspaper article, delivered a note to the judge. “My name is Sunkist,” she wrote, “Lionel R. Harris is my boyfriend. Lewis shot my Boo and it was not self-defense . . . . Judge and jurors please listen to me I am 17 years of {age} and a good young lady and my Boo got killed for nothing.””
“At night I think of you / I want to be your lady, maybe / If your game is on give me a call, boo / If your lovin' strong, gonna give my all to you”
“No matter what I do / All I think about is you / Even when I'm with my boo”
““Something about having to call her boo because he was getting off work and he likes to talk to her for at least half of his commute home.””
“[…] sexually promiscuous girl who smoked boo all day and socialized with junkies when she wasn't busy banging away in bed […]”
“Like I have smoked boo, drunk whiskey, and shot dope, and I was going through all three bags at once.”
“Grandpa doesn't want Grandma and their kids and grandkids to know that he had to get penicillin shots all the time, or that he smoked boo (marijuana) on a daily basis, or that he dealt in the black market, or that he had yobos (purchased live-in sex slaves).”
“Burglary.—On Monday night or early on Tuesday morning, some thieves effected an entrance into the premises of Mr. W. J. Laybourne, ostrich feather manufacturer, 60, St. John-street, West Smithfield, and carried off 1,000 prime white feathers, 500 long single black, 800 double ditto, 3,000 mixed colours, 500 spadones, 300 white plumes, 300 coloured boos, and 400 long white light feminas, which, with other property, were valued at about £4,000.”
“White Boos declined 10s. to 15s. per lb.; Femina Boos 2s. 6d. to 5s. per lb., and drab Boos about 2s. 6d. per lb.”
“The usual kinds of ostrich feathers known to the trade come into the Tripoli market. These are whites, blacks, feminas, byocks, spadonas, boos, drabs and floss.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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