boohoohoo

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A form of boo-hoo — The sound of crying.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

interjectionboohoohoo!
  1. alternativeAlternative form of boo-hoo.

    1987, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Wednesday night alone in bed was the first time I really broke down & had a boo-hoo-hoo cry.

    1 more example

    [a wild boar is laughing and Obelix is crying] Wild boar classified a protected species First reaction from dismayed costumers: “Boohoohoo! Sniff!”

    2009, Asterix and Obelix's Birthday: The Golden Book, page 28
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Chicago

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