Synonyms for pooh

Grammar : Noun

Spell : poo, poo

Phonetic Transcription : pu, pʊ

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Définition of pooh

Origin : 1590s, "a 'vocal gesture' expressing the action of puffing anything away" [OED], first attested in Hamlet Act I, Scene III, where Polonius addresses Ophelia with, "Affection! pooh! you speak like a green girl, / Unsifted in such perilous circumstance. / Do you believe his tenders, as you call them?" But the "vocal gesture" is perhaps ancient.

As in interjection : noun emphatic exclamation

Example sentences :

Pooh—your health is better: you don't look like the same man.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Pooh—you were equally despondent in our excursions elsewhere.
Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

"Pooh, man, you're frightening yourself," the Colonel answered.
Extract from : « The Wild Geese » by Stanley John Weyman

"Pooh, I shan't mind how criss-cross he is," declared Patricia valiantly.
Extract from : « Miss Pat at School » by Pemberton Ginther

"Pooh, that's as easy as rolling off a log," she said, with a toss of her turban.
Extract from : « Miss Pat at School » by Pemberton Ginther

"Pooh," said Patricia, turning from her own reflection with a gay laugh.
Extract from : « Miss Pat at School » by Pemberton Ginther

"Pooh, she didn't have to pay much," said Judith with the callousness of childhood.
Extract from : « Miss Pat at School » by Pemberton Ginther

Pooh; sure Solomon, queen o' Sheba, said there was time enough for all things.
Extract from : « Stories of Comedy » by Various

I hear your upbraiding voice, 'Pooh, man, catch her up and kiss her!'
Extract from : « The King's Mirror » by Anthony Hope

If he doesn't understand a thing at once he dismisses it with “pooh.”
Extract from : « Happy-Thought Hall » by F. C. Burnand

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