1. used to drive away animals or birds

1. to drive away by waving or making noise

Examples

• Shoo! Get away from my garden!
• The farmer shooed the chickens back into the coop.
• She shooed the cat off the kitchen counter.
• Shoo, fly, don’t bother me!
• The children shooed the pigeons away from their picnic.
• He waved his hands to shoo the bees away from the flowers.