shooer

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noun

A person who shoos something away.

Scrabble 9

Meanings

nounshooer (plural shooers)

plural shooers

  1. A person who shoos something away.

    The second [explanation of certain sentences] would focus on the shooer: 'Shoo the fly. Because of that, your eyes will no longer be clogged with flies'. But I was unable to obtain informants' translations or explanations confirming this […]

    1995, Nicholas Evans, A Grammar of Kayardild: With Historical-comparative Notes on Tangkic
  2. An improvised device used to shoo away.

    The shooer was made from a stick and newspapers—newspaper was cut in strips and attached to a stick. Sticky flypaper hung from the ceiling in the kitchen and dining room to catch flies.

    2002, Evelyn McCollum, Nalley, A Southern Family Story, page 232

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APA

shooer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shooer

MLA

“shooer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shooer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shooer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shooer.

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