pooh

Interjektion

1. 1

   Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc.

   I am carelesse what the fustie World speakes of me, puh.

   Pooh, ha, ha, ha, I know you envy me.

   ‘Pooh, just a simple trick of skipping two hours ahead of the clock, so that people can’t see what’s happening now because it hasn’t happened yet.’

2. 2

   Expressing disgust at an unpleasant smell.

   Pooh!... How you smell of tobacco.

3. 3

   Variante von pooAlternative form of poo: a minced oath for 'shit'.

   Mom offers everybody fudge and says ‘Oh, pooh!’ when she gets upset.

Substantiv

1. 1

   An instance of saying "pooh".

   She […] hath ſtiled him with an immortall penne, the bawewawe of ſchollars, the tutt of gentlemen, the tee-heegh of gentlewomen, the phy of citizens, the blurt of Courtiers, the poogh of good letters, the faph of good manners, and the whoop-hooe of good boyes in London ſtreetes.

   A thing which causes many ‘poohs’ and ‘pishes’.

2. 2

   Variante von pooAlternative form of poo: feces.

   ‘You're rather in the pooh with the Adelaide police.’ ‘How much do I stink with them?’

3. 3

   Variante von pooAlternative form of poo: A piece of feces; an act of defecation.

Verb

1. 1

   To say "pooh".

   The wrimouth'd Crittick... That mewes, and puh's and shakes his brainelesse head...

   The Doctor... pshaw'd and pooh'd for some time.

2. 2

   To say "pooh" to.

   ‘Pooh! pooh!’ re-echoed his mother, ‘don't pooh me, John.’

3. 3

   Variante von pooAlternative form of poo: To defecate or dirty something with feces.

   My cat poohed in here.

   We all know what happened to them—they... poohed their pants.

Formen

Plural

poohs

Präteritum

poohed

Partizip II

poohed

Partizip I

poohing

3. Person Singular

poohs