pooh

interjection

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

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

nom

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

verbe

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 de 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.

Formes

pluriel

poohs

passé

poohed

participe passé

poohed

participe présent

poohing

3ᵉ personne du singulier

poohs