Pooh
[puː] or [pu]
Definition
(interj.) Pshaw! pish! nonsense! -- an expression of scorn, dislike, or contempt.
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Definition
interj. of disdain.—v.t. Pooh′-pooh to express contempt for: to sneer at.
Edited by Anselm
Examples
- Pooh, said Gage. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- Pooh, pooh, never mind! George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Pooh, pooh, my dear Sir, impossible. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Whatever they wanted to bring me all the way up here for, and then-- Pooh! Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Pooh, my dear. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Pooh, pooh, my dear Sir,' said the little man, untying the bundle, and glancing eagerly at Mr. Pickwick out of the corners of his eyes. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- Pooh, pooh, my dear Sir,' returned Perker. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- George pooh-poohed the wine and bullied the waiters royally, and Jos gobbled the turtle with immense satisfaction. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Pooh, pooh, Miss Sharp, said he, pulling up his shirt-collars; the danger makes the sport only the pleasanter. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Pooh, jealousy! William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- George pooh-poohed the wine and bullied the waiters royally, and Jos gobbled the turtle with immense satisfaction. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- Legree poohed and pished, but read, turning page after page, till, finally, after reading some way, he threw down the book, with an oath. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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