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to choo

to choo

9.9
To make a sound like a train, often when playing
  • verb
  • /tʃu/
translation icon : hacer 'chú-chú'
  • He chooed happily while playing with his toy train set.

Examples

  • As the train approached the station, I could hear it chooing in the distance.

  • When I'm on the rails, I go Choo, Choo, I go Choo.

  • You must choo...

    Frankie and Johnny (1991)

  • I want you to know that I'll do my best to live up to the... ...confidence you showed by "chosing"... choos... by having chose me here today.

    Slaughterhouse-Five (1972)

  • The children played on the carpet, pretending to be trains as they chooed loudly.

Synonyms

to whistle
vsto choo
27 3.3

To move quickly while making a high whistling sound

is a short train engine sound rather than a moving continuous tone
whooo
vsto choo
  • Informal
1 9.9

A long whistling sound made by wind or something moving fast

is a short train engine sound rather than a long rushing tone

Compounds

choo-choo
  • Baby Talk
9.0

A name children use for a train

How Loud

to blast
66 4.1
to choo
9.9
to blow
229 1.0
toot
6 2.9
to puff
19 1.4

Surface Forms

choo infinitive
chooed past
chooed past participle
chooing present participle
choos third person singular

Etymology

Choo is a sound word from the noise of a steam train, the same sound you hear in choo-choo, and to 'choo' means to make that small train 'choo' noise when you play or call out. So the verb choo simply means to copy or make the train's 'choo' sound.