… even the impeccable Lord Jeffrey, editor of the Edinburgh Review, confessed to having cried—blubbered, boohooed, snuffled, and sighed—over the death of Little Nell in The Old Curiosity Shop. Tom Wolfe
Joey kept boo-hooing like a real idiot. Christopher Paul Curtis
—often used as an interjection especially in mocking imitation of another's tears, complaints, unhappiness, etc.
Before she finished her question, one twin and then the other began to cry. "Boohoo, boohoo," Ernie mocked. "I'm not staying with crybabies." Nancy Smiler LevinsonHe said as long as I was being so pure, why not give her the real scoop on her old man? I said because it would crush her. Boo hoo, he said. George Saunders
boo-hoonoun
or boohoo
plural boo-hoos or boohoos
… the tough Garden crowd reacted with boos instead of boo-hoos. Richard Johnson
boo-hooingnoun
or boohooing
"Woman: cease this detestable boohooing instantly; or else seek the shelter of some other place of worship." George Bernard Shaw
No one feels good after being dumped. The loudest boo-hooing seems to be coming from young people … Jane Bryant Quinn