Sekirov Dictionary

pooh

UK /phuː/US /pu/

exclamation 2
verb 2
noun 1
forms 3

exclamation2

•
Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc.
- I am carelesse what the fustie World speakes of me, puh. — 1600
•
Expressing disgust at an unpleasant smell.
- Pooh!... How you smell of tobacco. — 1859

verb2

•
To say "pooh".
- The wrimouth'd Crittick... That mewes, and puh's and shakes his brainelesse head... — 1614
•
To say "pooh" to.
- ‘Pooh! pooh!’ re-echoed his mother, ‘don't pooh me, John.’ — 1858

noun1

•
An instance of saying "pooh".
- A thing which causes many ‘poohs’ and ‘pishes’. — 1818

forms

poohed · poohing · poohs

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