Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

booing

/bˈuɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English

Syllables: boo-ing
IPA: /bˈuɪŋ/

9

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A disapproving exclamation by a member of an audience.

verb

present participle and gerund of boo

Example Sentences

"How is women's music to be defined for the purpose of holding a national women's music festival? In the past five years, the festival apparently experienced controversy due to contrasting definitions of women's music. There were walkouts and booings of performers who didn't fit within the limitations of some audience members' concepts of women's music."
"The riot sometimes spills over into the audience, and Kosky bears the proud scars of the booings he has endured."

Inflected Forms

booings (plural)

Rhymes With

doing viewing pursuing reviewing brewing chewing suing screwing ewing renewing undoing queuing

Questions

How do you pronounce booing?: The recorded pronunciation is /bˈuɪŋ/.
What does booing mean?: A disapproving exclamation by a member of an audience.

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