boohoo

boohoo (third-person singular simple present boohoos, present participle boohooing, simple past and past participle boohooed)

1. (colloquial, childish, intransitive) To cry, weep.
   • 2011, Grace Dent, The Guardian, 8 Jul 2011:

     "It feels inevitable," he boohooed. Of course it was inevitable – he used to tweet at least six times an hour, endless say-what-you-see drivel.

2. (sarcastic, intransitive) To complain, whine.

• boo-hoo

boohoo (plural boohoos)

1. (dated) The sailfish.

• boohoo in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913