Boo
Definitions
Equivalents
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.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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