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Answer : BOOHOO
boohoo, boohoos, boohooed, boohooing – v
to weep noisily
The term is imitation of the sound of someone crying or sobbing. It is often seen written, like in cartoon speech balloons. Less often, a person may say it aloud in an affected way to convey sadness or disappointment. Can be used sarcastically.
IN A SENTENCE
Before she finished her question, one twin and then the other began to cry. “Boohoo, boohoo,” Ernie mocked. “I’m not staying with crybabies.”
No one feels good after being dumped. The loudest boo-hooing seems to be coming from young people …
he confessed to having cried—blubbered, boohooed, snuffled, and sighed
ETYMOLOGY
also boohoo, 1520s, originally of laughter or noisy weeping (now only of weeping); see boo. As a verb from 1838.
More Clues
- MAN OH MAN “Hoo-boy!”
- Y K E S “Hoo boy!”
- YEESH “Hoo boy!”
- OH MAN “Hoo boy!”
- MAN “Hoo-boy!”
- OH BABY “Hoo boy!”
- YIKES “Hoo boy!”
- CRYMEISK “Oh, boo-hoo!”
- OVER HERE “Yoo-hoo!” while waving (2 words)
- BIG SCENE Hoo-ha
- PINKY LEE TV host whose theme song was “Yoo Hoo, It’s Me!”
- SOB (“Boo-hoo-hoo”)
- BOO HOO Crying Baby? It’s mostly Hoo-ha! Ring the Old Boy back
- OLE “Woo-hoo!”
- HERE I “Yoo-hoo, _ am!” BOO “ hoo!”
- YOO “__ hoo!”
- IM HERE “Yoo-hoo!”
- PSST Yoo-hoo!’
- HEY ‘Yoo-hoo!’