interjection
- used to express crying or weeping, especially in a mocking way
Usage: informal
verb
- to cry or weep loudly
Usage: informal
Examples
- The child went ‘boohoo’ when she dropped her ice cream.
- ‘Boohoo, I didn’t get the promotion,’ he said sarcastically.
- Stop boohooing about your test grade and study harder next time.
- She was boohooing so loudly that everyone could hear her.
- The baby boohooed for ten minutes straight.
- ‘Boohoo,’ she mocked when her brother complained about chores.