shoo-wee

A form of shoowee — Alternative form or synonym of whewee or hoowee.

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Meanings

interjection
  1. alternativeAlternative form of shoowee (“whewee, hoowee”).

    Shoo-wee, that give me a scere. (Staring at HARMONY for a second.) Yew know, if it wadn't fer that crazy hairdo and them earrings, yew might jest be a regular person.

    1988, Del Shores, Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will : a Comedy in Two Acts, page 49
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    "Shoo-wee! You nasty thang, you stank like cyarn. Sugar, we got a wash that dog pretty soon fo he rots." Jim John chuckled. "You too," she said. "You nastier'n he is."

    1935, Ed Bell, Fish on the Steeple, page 135

    "Shoo-wee!" sighed Luther. "Who'd drink that stuff after that!" "Sheriff, it ain't mine! Like I said - I'm not making or selling. Some other fool done seen me dig that grave . . . somebody wanted to get me […]"

    1965, Doris Betts, The Astronomer, and Other Stories, page 78
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APA

shoo-wee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoo-wee

MLA

“shoo-wee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shoo-wee. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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