- pooh-poo(h)
- [“pu”pu] tv. to belittle someone or something.□ He tends to pooh-pooh things he doesn’t understand.□ Don’t always poo-poo me when I express my opinions!
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poo-poo — ˈpüˌpü noun ( s) Etymology: baby talk alteration of poop (II) : excrement used as a euphemism * * * /pooh pooh / for 1, 2; /pooh pooh / for 3, n. Baby Talk. 1 … Useful english dictionary
pooh — pooh1 /pooh, poo/, interj. 1. (used as an exclamation of disdain or contempt.) n. 2. an exclamation of pooh. [1595 1605] pooh2 /pooh/, v.t. poop2. * * * … Universalium
poo-poo — /pooh pooh / for 1, 2; /pooh pooh / for 3, n. Baby Talk. 1. excrement; feces. 2. make poo poo, to defecate. v.t., v.i. 3. pooh pooh. [1970 75; expressive formation; cf. POOP4] * * * … Universalium
Poo — or Pooh may refer to:*Feces (excreta) *Fernando Poo, former colonial name of the island of Bioko *Winnie the Pooh, a character in a series of books by A. A. Milne *Poo (EarthBound), a playable character from the Super Nintendo game EarthBound *Po … Wikipedia
pooh-pooh — pooh pooher, n. /pooh pooh /, v.t. 1. to express disdain or contempt for; dismiss lightly: He pooh poohed all their superstitious fears. v.i. 2. to express disdain or contempt. Also, poo poo. [1820 30; v. use of redupl. of POOH1] * * * … Universalium
Pooh sticks — /poo stiks/ noun A game in which participants throw twigs, etc into running water upstream of a bridge, the winner being the person whose twig emerges first downstream of the bridge (also Poohˈsticks) ORIGIN: A game played by Winnie the Pooh in… … Useful english dictionary
poo — [pu:] n informal [Date: 1900 2000; Origin: pooh used when you smell a bad smell] 1.) [U and C] solid waste from the ↑bowels American Equivalent: poop 2.) [C usually singular] the act of passing waste from the ↑bowels American Equivalent: poop… … Dictionary of contemporary English
pooh — (also poo) informal ► EXCLAMATION 1) expressing disgust at an unpleasant smell. 2) expressing impatience or contempt. ► NOUN 1) excrement. 2) an act of defecating. ► VERB ▪ defec … English terms dictionary
poo n — Pooh … English expressions
poo — /pu / (say pooh) Colloquial –noun 1. Also, pooh. faeces. 2. a piece of excrement. –verb (pooed, pooing) –verb (i) 3. to defecate. –verb (t) 4. to soil with excrement: the baby has pooed his pants. – …
