shoo

 
Pronunciation: /ʃuː/

exclamation

  • a word said to frighten or drive away a person or animal: ‘Shoo,’ said Mrs Beavis to her girls, and the passage emptied

verb (shoos, shooing, shooed)

[with object and adverbial of direction]
  • make (a person or animal) go away by waving one’s arms at them, saying ‘shoo’, or otherwise acting in a discouraging manner: I went to comfort her but she shooed me away

Origin:

a natural exclamation: first recorded in late Middle English. The verb use dates from the early 17th century