Boohoo
to weep noisily; blubber.
the sound of noisy weeping.
Historical Examples
Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 Various
Mary Cary Kate Langley Bosher
verb -hoos, -hooing, -hooed
to sob or pretend to sob noisily
noun (pl) -hoos
(sometimes pl) distressed or pretended sobbing
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