shoo

verb

1. (informal, transitive)To induce someone or something to leave.

   “Don't just shoo away mosquitoes, kill them!”

   “See if you can shoo off the insurance salesmen.”

   “It was those damned bandages over my eyes, the medley of voices that had shouted back at me down the corridor. But I certainly was getting the willies - and once you get 'em, they grow. Already they were past the stage where you can shoo them off by whistling or singing at yourself.”

2. (informal, intransitive)To leave under inducement.

   “You kids had better shoo before your parents get a call.”

3. (informal, rare)To usher someone.

   “Shoo the visitor in.”

intj

1. (informal)Go away! Clear off!

   “Shoo, fly, don't bother me!”

pron

1. (Yorkshire, alt-of, alternative)Alternative form of she.

   “Hearken, hearken, shoo’s cursing on em!” muttered Joseph, towards whom I had been steering.”