pooh-pooh
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pooh-pooh
- /ˌpuːˈpuː/ UK
- /ˈpuˈpu/ US
Rhymes with -uː
Where it comes from
From a reduplication of pooh (“an utterance of the word pooh”).
verb pooh-poohs · pooh-poohing · pooh-poohed · poohpooh · poopoo
- To dismiss idly with contempt or derision; to diminish. [W]hen he went abroad with Dombey and was chasing that vagabond up and down France, J. Bagstock would have pooh-pooh'd you—would have pooh-pooh'd you, Sir, by the Lord!
