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boohoo exclamation [ buːˈhuː ]

• used to represent the sound of someone crying noisily.
• "‘boohoo, nobody loves me!’"

boohoo verb

• cry noisily.
• "I managed not to boohoo, even when they crowded around my chair"
Origin: late 18th century (representing the cry of an owl): imitative.


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