boo vs hail

boo

verb
  • To shout extended boos derisively. 

  • To shout extended boos at, as a form of derision. 

  • To defecate. 

noun
  • Cannabis. 

  • A derisive shout made to indicate disapproval. 

  • A close acquaintance or significant other. 

  • A tail feather from an ostrich. 

intj
  • Used ironically in a situation where one had the opportunity to scare someone by speaking suddenly. 

  • A loud exclamation intended to scare someone, especially a child. Usually used when one has been hidden from the victim and then suddenly appeared unexpectedly. 

  • An exclamation used by a member or many members of an audience, as at a stage play or sports game, to indicate derision or disapproval of what has just occurred. 

hail

verb
  • To call out loudly in order to gain the attention of. 

  • To signal in order to initiate communication with. 

  • To send or release hail. 

  • Of hail, to fall from the sky. 

  • To name; to designate; to call. 

  • To pour down in rapid succession. 

  • To indicate, from a designated stop or otherwise, to the driver of a public transport vehicle that one wishes to board and travel on the vehicle, usually using hand signals such as waving. 

  • To greet; give salutation to; salute. 

noun
  • An occurrence of this type of precipitation; a hailstorm. 

  • A rapid, intense barrage by a large number of projectiles or other objects. 

  • Balls or pieces of ice falling as precipitation, often in connection with a thunderstorm. 

How often have the words boo and hail occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )