单词 | pooh |
释义 | poohn.int. A. n. 1. An utterance of ‘pooh’ (see sense B. 1). Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > [noun] > action of expressing contempt > vocally > specific utterance blurt1579 puff1579 pish1593 pooh1593 tush1600 hiss1602 mew1606 pshaw1712 pooh pooh1798 poof1864 razoo1888 raspberry1890 razz1917 razzberry1920 Bronx cheer1929 big deal1949 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 178 The Blurt of Courtiers, the Poogh of good Letters. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 29 July (1974) VIII. 366 With that, she made a slighting ‘puh!’ with her mouth. 1818 Ld. Byron Beppo vii. 4 A thing which causes many ‘poohs’ and ‘pishes’. 1861 ‘A. H. Clington’ Frank O'Donnell 23 This puffy one always ended his subject with a long ‘pooh’. 1914 A. H. F. Strangways Music Hindostan i. 24 Several of the men punctuated the first of the songs with boos and poohs to represent the drum. 2. Now usually in form poo. a. slang (originally nursery). Excrement, faeces. to be in the poo: = to be in the shit at shit n. 4b. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > excretions > faeces > [noun] gorec725 mixeOE quedeeOE turdeOE dungOE worthinga1225 dirta1300 drega1300 naturea1325 fen1340 ordurec1390 fimea1475 merd1486 stercory1496 avoidc1503 siegec1530 fex1540 excrement1541 hinder-fallings1561 gong1562 foil1565 voiding1577 pilgrim-salvec1580 egestion1583 shita1585 sir-reverence1592 purgament1597 filinga1622 faecesa1625 exclusion1646 faecality1653 tantadlin1654 surreverence1655 draught1659 excrementitiousness1660 jakes1701 old golda1704 dejection1728 dejecture1731 shitea1733 feculence1733 doll1825 crap1846 excreta1857 excretes1883 hockey1886 dejecta1887 job1899 number two1902 mess1903 ming1923 do1930 tomtit1930 pony1931 No. 21937 dog shit1944 Shinola1944 big job1945 biggie1953 doo-doo1954 doings1957 gick1959 pooh1960 pooh-pooh1962 dooky1965 poopy1970 whoopsie1973 pucky1980 jobbie1981 1960 H. Wentworth & S. B. Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 401/2 Poo.., feces. 1961 ‘J. Danvers’ Living come First x. 177 ‘You're rather in the pooh with the Adelaide police.’ ‘How much do I stink with them?’ 1970 R. Beilby No Medals for Aphrodite 229 If they catch you with her, then you're really in the pooh. 1975 X. Herbert Poor Fellow my Country 873 She'll put you in the poo if she writes anything 'bout you. 1987 J. Barth Tidewater Tales (1988) 48 We swam in a floating village of two hundred families with no sewage treatment facilities. It is healthy U.S. poo; no one takes sick. 2004 Herald Express (Torquay) (Nexis) 11 Nov. 9 As a dog walker myself, I hate picking up hot, smelly piles of poo. b. Chiefly British. As a count noun: an act of defecation; a lump of excrement. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > defecation > [noun] purgationa1387 shitting1386 officec1395 outpassinga1398 subduction?a1425 easementa1438 cuckingc1440 siegea1475 evacuation?1533 stool1541 egestion1547 dunging1558 purging1579 stooling1599 cackc1600 motion1602 dejection1605 excretion1640 exclusion1646 purgament1650 exoneration1651 disenteration1654 orduring1654 crapping1673 passage1681 seat1697 opening1797 defecation1825 excreting1849 poopc1890 movement1891 job1899 shit?1927 crap1937 dump1942 soiling1943 gick1959 jobbie1981 pooh1981 1981 Guardian 22 June 8/2 That doggy's doing a poo. 1994 Independent (Nexis) 19 Dec. 19 He has now set up a family record for hitting every poo in his path in one journey to school. 1995 Face Sept. 61/1 I crapped on my jumper. I wanted a poo and I forgot it was tied round my waist. 2005 Sc. Daily Mirror (Nexis) 25 Jan. 38 Every time my child goes to the park we have to play dodge the poos if we venture onto the grass. B. int. 1. Expressing impatience, contempt, disdain, etc. Cf. phew int., pho int., phoo int. 1, poof int. 1. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > exclamations of contempt [interjection] prut?c1300 trutc1330 truptc1380 ahaa1400 tushc1440 puff1481 quotha?1520 ah?1526 ta ha1528 twish1577 blurt1592 gip1592 pish1592 tantia1593 (God) bless (also save) the mark1593 phah1593 marry come up1597 mew1600 pooh1600 marry muff1602 pew waw1602 ptish1602 pew1604 push1605 pshaw1607 tuh1607 pea1608 poh1650 pooh pooh1694 hoity-toity1695 highty-tighty1699 quoz?1780 indeed1834 shuck1847 skidoo1906 suck1913 zut1915 yah boo1921 pooey1927 ptui1930 snubs1934 upya1941 yah boo sucks1980 1600 B. Jonson Every Man out of his Humor iii. i. sig. Iii I am carelesse what the fustie World speakes of me, puh . View more context for this quotation 1694 W. Congreve Double-dealer i. i. 2 Pooh, ha, ha, ha, I know you envy me. 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones VI. xvii. ix. 163 ‘Pugh,’ says she, ‘you have pinked a Man in a Duel, that's all.’ View more context for this quotation 1768 L. Sterne Sentimental Journey II. 151 Poo! said they—we have no money. 1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. ii. ii. 168 ‘Pooh, man,’ said Tarleton, haughtily, ‘none of your compliments.’ 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths II. 378 ‘Pooh,’ he said, as he read it, and tore it up. 1924 A. A. Milne When we were very Young p. vii Christopher Robin, who feeds this swan in the mornings, has given him the name of ‘Pooh’. This is a very fine name for a swan, because, if you call him and he doesn't come.., then you can pretend that you were just saying ‘Pooh!’ to show how little you wanted him. 1975 E. Dunlop Robinsheugh xiii. 99 ‘Pooh,’ scoffed Lucy, ‘there is no danger.’ 2001 A. O'Hare Green Eyes x. 136 Oh pooh. He doesn't read comics. No pictures at all, they're all reading. 2. Expressing disgust at an unpleasant smell. ΚΠ 1859 S. S. Steele Conjugal Lesson 182 Pooh! (Pushes him away.) How you smell of tobacco. 1885 W. D. Howells Rise Silas Lapham xiv. 292 Pooh, papa! How you do smell of smoking! 1989 Dandy 25 Nov. 4 Poo! Lucinda doesn't half pong! 2004 Guardian (Nexis) 26 Nov. 5 Pooh, that smells a bit off! 3. Usually in form poo. Expressing general annoyance. Cf. shit int. ΚΠ 1986 Chicago Tribune (Nexis) 12 Jan. 3c Petulant and pouty, Stephanie herself says things like, ‘Oh, poo.’ 1992 Time Mag. (Nexis) 22 July 55 Mom offers everybody fudge and says ‘Oh, pooh!’ when she gets upset. 1995 Sugar June 59/1 Oh poo! Have I really spent that much dosh? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). poohv. 1. intransitive. To exclaim ‘pooh!’ ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > think or behave contemptuously [verb (intransitive)] > express contempt vocally hissa1425 puff1490 pup1560 blurt1596 pooh1614 pshaw1760 snort1818 bah1841 poof1915 1614 J. Taylor Nipping of Abuses sig. L4 The wrimouth'd Crittick..That mewes, and puh's and shakes his brainelesse head. 1798 C. Smith Young Philosopher I. 44 The Doctor..pshaw'd and pooh'd for some time. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin II. xxxix. 257 Legree poohed and pished, but read, turning page after page, till, finally, after reading some way, he threw down the book, with an oath. 1887 W. Carleton Farm Legends 79 All the people have poohed an' slurred—All the neighbors have had their word. 1907 J. M. Synge Let. 14 July (1971) 163 When I came to F.J.F.'s offer I read ‘pooed at’ instead of ‘jumped at’. 1985 Toronto Star (Nexis) 22 Dec. d1 Cathy was watching me. ‘Master suite only 19x18?’ I poohed. ‘Ridiculous!’ 2. transitive. To say ‘pooh!’ to; to express contempt or disdain for. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > hold in contempt [verb (transitive)] > express contempt of > vocally hootc1175 tush1555 to make a tush at (or of)1600 pish1602 pooh-pooh1823 behoot1838 pshaw1848 pooh1858 phoo-phoo1865 1858 A. Polson Law & Lawyers 15 ‘Pooh! pooh!’ re-echoed his mother, ‘don't pooh me, John.’ 1901 M. Franklin My Brilliant Career i. 6 My mother remonstrated, opined I would be a great unwomanly tomboy. My father poohed the idea. 1999 Edmonton (Alberta) Sun (Nexis) 16 June sp20 I took the guy out drinking, sat there buying rounds and poohing the Faloney rumours until I knew his deadline had passed. 3. slang. Usually in form poo. a. intransitive. To defecate. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > defecation > [verb (intransitive)] dritea1000 to do one's filthheadc1300 shit?c1335 to go to siegec1400 scumbera1425 cack1436 to do one's easementa1438 to ease nature, ease oneselfc1440 skite1449 to do of one's needingsc1475 fen1486 dung1508 spurge1530 to cover his feet1535 lask1540 stool1540 to exonerate nature1542 file1564 fiant1575 cucka1605 wray1620 exonerate1631 excrement1632 to do one's ease1645 sir-reverence1665 excrementizec1670 nest1679 poop1689 move1699 defecate1837 crap1874 mire1918 to make a mess1928 mess1937 to go poo-poo (also poo-poos)1960 potty1972 to do a whoopsie (or whoopsies)1973 pooh1975 1975 C. James in Observer 6 July 23/1 The dog practically has to poo on his shoe before he can make the pinch. 1980 Times 7 May 19/5 The yellow spots found on local cars..were pollen stains, caused by that darling of the conservationists, the bee, numbers of which had been pooing on the cars. 1989 Crisis 1 Apr. 19 My cat poohed in here. 2005 Guardian (Nexis) 27 July 16 I've pooed, Daddy, and it's smelly. b. transitive. To soil by defecation. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > dirtiness or soiling with specific kinds of dirt > dirty or soil with specific kinds of dirt [verb (transitive)] > dirty with excrement beshiteOE bedo?c1225 soil1297 bedungc1450 beray1575 foul1588 becack1598 bescumber1598 bemute1634 immerd1635 conskite1653 crap1846 pooh1989 1989 Hobart (Tasmania) Mercury (Nexis) 11 Dec. Most babies I knew then had on introduction either howled or pooed their pants. 1995 Sugar Apr. 60/1 I nearly pooed myself, I thought I was going to get into so much trouble for it. 2003 Sun (Nexis) 13 Mar. We all know what happened to them—they..poohed their pants. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.int.1593v.1614 |
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