loo

noun

1. 1

   A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.

   I suppose it is unreal because we have been expecting it [sc. World War II] for so long now, and have known that it must be got over before we can go on with our lives. Like in the night when you want to go to the loo and it is miles away down a freezing cold passage and yet you know you have to go down that passage before you can be happy and sleep again.

   Ensure that the tents are well-sited and clean, rubbish bins empty, and that the loos have toilet paper.

2. 2

   A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.

   The lack of running water in rural areas often makes Western-style loos hygienic disasters. Suddenly the noncontact squat toilet doesn′t look like such a bad option any more (as long as you roll up your trouser legs).

   Waterless urinals are a great way of keeping the guys out of the cubicle toilets, keeping the urine separated from the solid waste (when using composting loos) and reducing water consumption if you have flush loos.

interjection

1. 1

   A cry to urge on hunting dogs.

   Edg. Pilicock sate on pelicocks hill, a lo lo lo.

verb

1. 1

   To urge on with cries of loo or (figuratively) by other shouting or outcry.

   And therefore next uncouple either Hound [sc. George Monck and Prince Rupert], And loo them at two Hares ere one be found.

noun

1. 1

   The penalty paid to the pool in lanterloo for breaking certain rules or failing to take a trick.

2. 2

   An act that prompts such a penalty.

3. 3

   A game of lanterloo.

4. 4

   figurativeAny group of people.

5. 5

   Variant of lanterlooAlternative form of lanterloo: the card game.

   And my Intreagues ſo baſhfully diſown / That they may doubted be by few or none, / May kiſs the Cards at Picque, Hombre,—Lu, / And ſo be taught to kiſs the Lady too; [...]

   Ev'n mighty Pam that Kings and Queens o'erthrew, And mow'd down Armies in the Fights of Lu.

   Yet, ladies are seldom at ombre or lue sick.

   On entering the drawing-room, she found the whole party at loo.

verb

1. 1

   To beat in the card game lanterloo.

   He was seldom indeed without two good trumps, and therefore almost invariably loo'd those who stood.

2. 2

   To pay a penalty to the pool for breaking certain rules or failing to take a trick in lanterloo.

3. 3

   figurativeTo pay any penalty to any community.

noun

1. 1

   obsoleteA half-mask, particularly (historical) those velvet half-masks fashionable in the 17th century as a means of protecting women's complexion from the sun.

   Loo Mask. An half Mask.

noun

1. 1

   A hot dust-bearing wind found in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and the Punjab.

   It was a pitchy black night, as stifling as a June night can be, and the loo, the red-hot wind from the westward, was booming among the tinder-dry trees and pretending that the rain was on its heels.

noun

1. 1

   slangA lieutenant.

   I asked my loo to let me escort you in. I wanted a moment to thank you personally.” “There's no need.” “So you said before, but there is. And was. I'll take you in to Lieutenant Ricchio.”

Forms

plural

loos

past tense

looed

past participle

looed

present participle

looing

third person singular

loos