pooh

¹ American  

[poo] / pu /

verb (used with object)

Slang.

1. poop.

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pooh ² American  

[poo, poo] / pu, pʊ /

interjection

1. (used as an exclamation of disdain or contempt.)

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noun

1. an exclamation of “pooh.”

pooh British  

/ puː /

interjection

1. an exclamation of disdain, contempt, or disgust

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noun

1. a childish word for faeces

verb

1. a childish word for defecate

Etymology

Origin of pooh

First recorded in 1595–1605

Example Sentences

The CEO and their team must balance advances in artificial intelligence without allowing it to destroy the value of such beloved characters as Moana and Winnie the Pooh.

From Los Angeles Times

Surely even he could not have predicted the ubiquity of Pooh.

From The Wall Street Journal

For current fans, “Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear,” by Gyles Brandreth, and “The Making of Winnie-the-Pooh,” by James Campbell, remind us of the verbal and pictorial pleasures of Pooh.

From The Wall Street Journal

In the Roaring ’20s, with money from plays and Pooh, the Milnes bought a picture-postcard house in the country.

From The Wall Street Journal

The texture of the Pooh stories then grew organically from the surrounding beech woods and the bridge over the Poohsticks stream.

From The Wall Street Journal

Related Words

• cry
• exclamation
• expletive
• insertion
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