poonn.¹

Brit.

/puːn/, U.S.

/pun/

Forms: 1600s pone, 1700s pohoon, 1700s– poon, 1800s peon, 1800s poona, 1800s puhn, 1800s puna, 1900s pun.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Tamil. Partly a borrowing from Malayalam. Partly a borrowing from Kannada. Etymons: Tamil puṉṉai; Malayalam punna; Kannada ponne.

Etymology: < Tamil puṉṉai and its cognates Malayalam punna and Kannada ponne. Compare punnai n.

More fully poon tree: any of several large Indo-Malayan trees of the genus Calophyllum (family Clusiaceae ( Guttiferae)), esp. the Alexandrian laurel, C. inophyllum. Also: the timber of any of these trees, used for masts and spars and for building purposes. Frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Asian > poon-tree

poon tree1699

tamanu1839

society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > poon

poon1840

1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. iii. 64 For Masting the Fir and Pone Trees are the best.

1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xxii. 264 There is good Poon Masts, stronger, but heavier than Fir.

1798 T. Pennant View of Hindoostan I. 83 The Poon tree, Uvaria altissima of Koenig, serves for the masts.

1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. Straits of Malacca I. ii. 52 Among the forest trees are..the poon, the red poon, the ranghas, etc.

1840 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 300/2 Poon is also of two kinds, the dark and the light. It is a wood that answers very well for masts... The Malacca red poon is that of which masts and yards are made.

1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 377 The poon trees..are chiefly found in Coorg.

1934 Helena (Montana) Independent 4 Oct. 4/5 The timber of the poon trees of India is commonly used for planks and spars in shipbuilding.

1975 Jrnl. Indian Acad. Wood Sci. 6 84 Tensile strength..was measured for spliced (nail glued) and bolted plywood joints of various splice widths and thicknesses for Gurjan (Dipterocarpus sp.), Poon (Calophyllum sp.) and Vellapine (Vateria indica).

1983 Washington Post (Nexis) 30 Jan. (Book World section) 3 They also bought huge poon logs for spars, 400 miles of coconut string, 40 bundles of mangrove root to tighten all that string.

Compounds

poon oil n. a thick, dark green oil with a strong scent and bitter taste, expressed from the seeds of Calophyllum inophyllum and used medicinally and for burning in lamps; = punnai oil n. at punnai n. Compounds.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Poonay-oil, Poon-oil, a thick dark green oil of strong scent and bitter taste, derived from the seeds ofCalophyllum inophyllum in India, used in lamps and medicinally.

1946 A. P. Benthall Trees of Calcutta 34 Calophyllum inophyllum... From the seeds is extracted a dark green, thick, and strongly scented oil known as pinnay, pun, domba, or dilo oil which is employed in medicine, and for burning.

poon-seed oil n. rare = poon oil n.

ΚΠ

1890 Cent. Dict. Poonseed-oil, same as poonay-oil.

poon spar n. (a) (more fully poon spar tree) either of two species of poon, Calophyllum elatum and C. tomentosum, frequently used to supply spars; (b) a boat spar made from poon wood.

ΚΠ

1869 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 39 78 The characteristic trees in the dense jungle are..Calophyllum angustifolium (Poon spar).

1875 J. D. Hooker Flora Brit. India I. 274 C[alophyllum] tomentosum... Yields the Poon-spars of Western India, and the seeds an abundant oil in Ceylon.

1906 D. Brandis Indian Trees 54 C[alophyllum] elatum... This and C. tomentosum are known as the Poon spar tree... C. Wightianum... The Poon spar of Travancore.

1978 Indian Forester 104 501 Poon-spar is a species of Southern Tropical Wet Evergreen Forests of India..distributed from 100 to 700m, mainly on the western side of the Western Ghats.

1986 Encycl. Indian Nat. Hist. 454/2 Poonspar tree, Calophyllum elatum, a lofty tree..found in the evergreen forests of the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka. It is like the Poon but differs in its greater height.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

poonn.²

Brit.

/puːn/, U.S.

/pun/, Australian English

/puːn/

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare poon v.

slang (chiefly Australian). derogatory.

A simple or foolish person; (also) a person who lives alone in the outback.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun]

dizzyc825

cang?c1225

foolc1225

apec1330

mopc1330

saddle-goosec1346

mis-feelinga1382

foltc1390

mopec1390

fona1400

buffardc1430

fopc1440

joppec1440

fonda1450

fondlinga1450

insipienta1513

plume of feathers1530

bobolynec1540

dizzard1546

Little Witham?1548

nodc1563

dawkin1565

cocknel1566

nigion1570

niddicock1577

nodcock1577

cuckoo1581

Jack with the feather1581

niddipol1582

noddyship?1589

stirkc1590

fonkin1591

Gibraltar1593

fopper1598

noddypeak1598

coxcombry1600

simple1600

gowka1605

nup1607

fooliaminy1608

silly ass1608

dosser-head1612

dor1616

glow-worm1624

liripipea1625

doodle1629

sop1637

spalt1639

fool's head1650

buffle1655

Jack Adams1656

bufflehead1659

nincompoopc1668

bavian1678

nokes1679

foolanea1681

cod1699

hulver-head1699

nigmenog1699

single ten1699

mud1703

dowf1722

foolatum1740

silly billy1749

tommy noddy1774

arsec1785

nincom1800

silly1807

slob1810

omadhaun1818

potwalloper1820

mosy1824

amadan1825

gump1825

gype1825

oonchook1825

prawn1845

suck-egg1851

goosey1852

nowmun1854

pelican1856

poppy-show1860

buggerlugs1861

damfool1881

mudhead1882

yob1886

peanut head1891

haggis bag1892

poop1893

gazob1906

mush1906

wump1908

zob1911

gorm1912

goof1916

goofus1916

gubbins1916

dumb cluck1922

twat1922

B.F.1925

goofer1925

bird brain1926

berk1929

Berkeley1929

Berkeley Hunt1929

ding1929

loogan1929

stupido1929

poop-stick1930

nelly1931

droop1932

diddy1933

slappy1937

goof ball1938

get1940

poon1940

tonk1941

clot1942

yuck1943

possum1945

gobdaw1947

momo1953

nig-nog1953

plonker1955

weenie1956

nong-nong1959

Berkshire Hunt1960

balloon1965

doofus1965

dork1965

nana1965

shit-for-brains1966

schmoll1967

tosspot1967

lunchbox1969

doof1971

tonto1973

dorkus1979

motorhead1979

mouth-breather1979

wally1980

wally brain1981

der-brain1983

langer1983

numpty1985

sotong1988

fanny1995

fannybaws2000

society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [noun] > person > who lives alone

alone-liver1556

hatterc1872

poon1940

1940 M. Marples Public School Slang 60 Another considerable group of words in recent use has a definite trans~atlantic flavour, as, for example: boob..goof..mutt..poon (Dulwich, 1930 +).

1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 56 Poon, a lonely, somewhat crazy dweller in the Outer Beyond... A simpleton or fool.

1955 Overland (Melbourne) June 10/2 I'd give a fiver To see you smash snakeheaded through Palings, poons, illywhack and guyver.

1974 D. Williamson Jugglers Three in Three Plays 69 What possessed Keren to shack up with a poon like you?

1994 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 20 June (Guide section) 1 A mother-hen press secretary refers to the group as ‘children’, before letting loose the poons of the press.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

poonn.³

Brit.

/puːn/, U.S.

/pun/

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: poontang n.

Etymology: Shortened < poontang n.

slang (originally and chiefly U.S.).

= poontang n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual partner > [noun] > woman considered in sexual terms or as a sexual partner

cunnya1593

watermilla1626

piece of ass1816

fuck1870

gash1914

assa1916

mama1916

bim1922

pigmeat1926

nookie1928

screw1937

poontang1945

poon1947

trim1955

a bit (or piece) of crumpet1959

leg1968

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual activity > [noun] > sexual intercourse

ymonec950

moneOE

meanc1175

manredc1275

swivinga1300

couplec1320

companyc1330

fellowred1340

the service of Venusc1350

miskissinga1387

fellowshipc1390

meddlinga1398

carnal knowinga1400

flesha1400

knowledgea1400

knowledginga1400

japec1400

commoning?c1425

commixtionc1429

itc1440

communicationc1450

couplingc1475

mellingc1480

carnality1483

copulation1483

mixturea1500

Venus act?1507

Venus exercise?1507

Venus play?1507

Venus work?1507

conversation?c1510

flesh-company1522

act?1532

carnal knowledge1532

occupying?1544

congression1546

soil1555

conjunction1567

fucking1568

rem in re1568

commixture1573

coiture1574

shaking of the sheets?1577

cohabitation1579

bedding1589

congress1589

union1598

embrace1599

making-outa1601

rutting1600

noddy1602

poop-noddy1606

conversinga1610

carnal confederacy1610

wapping1610

businessa1612

coition1615

doinga1616

amation1623

commerce1624

hot cocklesa1627

other thing1628

buck1632

act of love1638

commistion1658

subagitation1658

cuntc1664

coit1671

intimacy1676

the last favour1676

quiffing1686

old hat1697

correspondence1698

frigging1708

Moll Peatley1711

coitus1713

sexual intercourse1753

shagging1772

connection1791

intercourse1803

interunion1822

greens1846

tail1846

copula1864

poking1864

fuckeea1866

sex relation1871

wantonizing1884

belly-flopping1893

twatting1893

jelly roll1895

mattress-jig1896

sex1900

screwing1904

jazz1918

zig-zig1918

other1922

booty1926

pigmeat1926

jazzing1927

poontang1927

relations1927

whoopee1928

nookie1930

hump1931

jig-a-jig1932

homework1933

quickie1933

nasty1934

jig-jig1935

crumpet1936

pussy1937

Sir Berkeley1937

pom-pom1945

poon1947

charvering1954

mollocking1959

leg1967

rumpy-pumpy1968

shafting1971

home plate1972

pata-pata1977

bonking1985

legover1985

knobbing1986

rumpo1986

fanny1993

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual partner > [noun] > woman considered in sexual terms or as a sexual partner > collectively

muttona1529

man's meat1629

charver1846

gash1914

poontang1945

poon1947

pussyc1947

crumpet1958

grumble1962

tail1967

fanny1993

1947 B. Schulberg Harder they Fall 161 Let's have ourselves a little poon hunt.

1969 J. Leasor They don't make them like that any More vi. 192 It's against my principles to pay for poon: if I can't get it for what is laughingly called love, then I'll do without.

1972 J. Wambaugh Blue Knight (1973) i. 16 Watching all that young poon.

1987 B. A. Powe Ice Eaters ii. 109 They lurched down the tote road..searching out native poon, any size, any shape, any age.

1994 Picture (Sydney) 4 May 4/4 (headline) Fine..for cheering up pub with her poon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

poonv.

Brit.

/puːn/, U.S.

/pun/, Australian English

/puːn/

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare poon n.²

Australian slang.

intransitive. To dress up, esp. flashily. Chiefly in past participle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (intransitive)] > in specific way > dress up

to toss out1759

to tog it1819

prig1845

to rag out1849

buck up1854

to dress up1869

poon1943

priss1971

1943 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang (ed. 3) 61 Poon up, to dress up, especially in flashy fashion.

1951 D. Stivens Jimmy Brockett 48 Some of 'em were young lairs, all pooned up to kill.

1962 Southerly ii. 79 It was not often Ironbark got himself pooned up like this but he was heading off to Sydney to bust his roll.

1990 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 16 Apr. On my third visit I was rather ‘pooned’ up and made my entrance with little challenge.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

n.¹1699

n.²1940

n.³1947

v.1943

单词	poon
释义	poonn.¹ Brit. /puːn/, U.S. /pun/ Forms: 1600s pone, 1700s pohoon, 1700s– poon, 1800s peon, 1800s poona, 1800s puhn, 1800s puna, 1900s pun. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Tamil. Partly a borrowing from Malayalam. Partly a borrowing from Kannada. Etymons: Tamil puṉṉai; Malayalam punna; Kannada ponne. Etymology: < Tamil puṉṉai and its cognates Malayalam punna and Kannada ponne. Compare punnai n. More fully poon tree: any of several large Indo-Malayan trees of the genus Calophyllum (family Clusiaceae ( Guttiferae)), esp. the Alexandrian laurel, C. inophyllum. Also: the timber of any of these trees, used for masts and spars and for building purposes. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Asian > poon-tree poon tree1699 tamanu1839 society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > wood > wood of specific trees > [noun] > poon poon1840 1699 W. Dampier Voy. & Descr. i. iii. 64 For Masting the Fir and Pone Trees are the best. 1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. xxii. 264 There is good Poon Masts, stronger, but heavier than Fir. 1798 T. Pennant View of Hindoostan I. 83 The Poon tree, Uvaria altissima of Koenig, serves for the masts. 1839 T. J. Newbold Polit. & Statist. Acct. Straits of Malacca I. ii. 52 Among the forest trees are..the poon, the red poon, the ranghas, etc. 1840 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 300/2 Poon is also of two kinds, the dark and the light. It is a wood that answers very well for masts... The Malacca red poon is that of which masts and yards are made. 1880 C. R. Markham Peruvian Bark 377 The poon trees..are chiefly found in Coorg. 1934 Helena (Montana) Independent 4 Oct. 4/5 The timber of the poon trees of India is commonly used for planks and spars in shipbuilding. 1975 Jrnl. Indian Acad. Wood Sci. 6 84 Tensile strength..was measured for spliced (nail glued) and bolted plywood joints of various splice widths and thicknesses for Gurjan (Dipterocarpus sp.), Poon (Calophyllum sp.) and Vellapine (Vateria indica). 1983 Washington Post (Nexis) 30 Jan. (Book World section) 3 They also bought huge poon logs for spars, 400 miles of coconut string, 40 bundles of mangrove root to tighten all that string. Compounds poon oil n. a thick, dark green oil with a strong scent and bitter taste, expressed from the seeds of Calophyllum inophyllum and used medicinally and for burning in lamps; = punnai oil n. at punnai n. Compounds. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Poonay-oil, Poon-oil, a thick dark green oil of strong scent and bitter taste, derived from the seeds ofCalophyllum inophyllum in India, used in lamps and medicinally. 1946 A. P. Benthall Trees of Calcutta 34 Calophyllum inophyllum... From the seeds is extracted a dark green, thick, and strongly scented oil known as pinnay, pun, domba, or dilo oil which is employed in medicine, and for burning. poon-seed oil n. rare = poon oil n. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Poonseed-oil, same as poonay-oil. poon spar n. (a) (more fully poon spar tree) either of two species of poon, Calophyllum elatum and C. tomentosum, frequently used to supply spars; (b) a boat spar made from poon wood. ΚΠ 1869 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 39 78 The characteristic trees in the dense jungle are..Calophyllum angustifolium (Poon spar). 1875 J. D. Hooker Flora Brit. India I. 274 C[alophyllum] tomentosum... Yields the Poon-spars of Western India, and the seeds an abundant oil in Ceylon. 1906 D. Brandis Indian Trees 54 C[alophyllum] elatum... This and C. tomentosum are known as the Poon spar tree... C. Wightianum... The Poon spar of Travancore. 1978 Indian Forester 104 501 Poon-spar is a species of Southern Tropical Wet Evergreen Forests of India..distributed from 100 to 700m, mainly on the western side of the Western Ghats. 1986 Encycl. Indian Nat. Hist. 454/2 Poonspar tree, Calophyllum elatum, a lofty tree..found in the evergreen forests of the Western Ghats and Sri Lanka. It is like the Poon but differs in its greater height. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). poonn.² Brit. /puːn/, U.S. /pun/, Australian English /puːn/ Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare poon v. slang (chiefly Australian). derogatory. A simple or foolish person; (also) a person who lives alone in the outback. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] dizzyc825 cang?c1225 foolc1225 apec1330 mopc1330 saddle-goosec1346 mis-feelinga1382 foltc1390 mopec1390 fona1400 buffardc1430 fopc1440 joppec1440 fonda1450 fondlinga1450 insipienta1513 plume of feathers1530 bobolynec1540 dizzard1546 Little Witham?1548 nodc1563 dawkin1565 cocknel1566 nigion1570 niddicock1577 nodcock1577 cuckoo1581 Jack with the feather1581 niddipol1582 noddyship?1589 stirkc1590 fonkin1591 Gibraltar1593 fopper1598 noddypeak1598 coxcombry1600 simple1600 gowka1605 nup1607 fooliaminy1608 silly ass1608 dosser-head1612 dor1616 glow-worm1624 liripipea1625 doodle1629 sop1637 spalt1639 fool's head1650 buffle1655 Jack Adams1656 bufflehead1659 nincompoopc1668 bavian1678 nokes1679 foolanea1681 cod1699 hulver-head1699 nigmenog1699 single ten1699 mud1703 dowf1722 foolatum1740 silly billy1749 tommy noddy1774 arsec1785 nincom1800 silly1807 slob1810 omadhaun1818 potwalloper1820 mosy1824 amadan1825 gump1825 gype1825 oonchook1825 prawn1845 suck-egg1851 goosey1852 nowmun1854 pelican1856 poppy-show1860 buggerlugs1861 damfool1881 mudhead1882 yob1886 peanut head1891 haggis bag1892 poop1893 gazob1906 mush1906 wump1908 zob1911 gorm1912 goof1916 goofus1916 gubbins1916 dumb cluck1922 twat1922 B.F.1925 goofer1925 bird brain1926 berk1929 Berkeley1929 Berkeley Hunt1929 ding1929 loogan1929 stupido1929 poop-stick1930 nelly1931 droop1932 diddy1933 slappy1937 goof ball1938 get1940 poon1940 tonk1941 clot1942 yuck1943 possum1945 gobdaw1947 momo1953 nig-nog1953 plonker1955 weenie1956 nong-nong1959 Berkshire Hunt1960 balloon1965 doofus1965 dork1965 nana1965 shit-for-brains1966 schmoll1967 tosspot1967 lunchbox1969 doof1971 tonto1973 dorkus1979 motorhead1979 mouth-breather1979 wally1980 wally brain1981 der-brain1983 langer1983 numpty1985 sotong1988 fanny1995 fannybaws2000 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > solitude or solitariness > [noun] > person > who lives alone alone-liver1556 hatterc1872 poon1940 1940 M. Marples Public School Slang 60 Another considerable group of words in recent use has a definite trans~atlantic flavour, as, for example: boob..goof..mutt..poon (Dulwich, 1930 +). 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 56 Poon, a lonely, somewhat crazy dweller in the Outer Beyond... A simpleton or fool. 1955 Overland (Melbourne) June 10/2 I'd give a fiver To see you smash snakeheaded through Palings, poons, illywhack and guyver. 1974 D. Williamson Jugglers Three in Three Plays 69 What possessed Keren to shack up with a poon like you? 1994 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 20 June (Guide section) 1 A mother-hen press secretary refers to the group as ‘children’, before letting loose the poons of the press. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). poonn.³ Brit. /puːn/, U.S. /pun/ Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: poontang n. Etymology: Shortened < poontang n. slang (originally and chiefly U.S.). = poontang n. 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Schulberg Harder they Fall 161 Let's have ourselves a little poon hunt. 1969 J. Leasor They don't make them like that any More vi. 192 It's against my principles to pay for poon: if I can't get it for what is laughingly called love, then I'll do without. 1972 J. Wambaugh Blue Knight (1973) i. 16 Watching all that young poon. 1987 B. A. Powe Ice Eaters ii. 109 They lurched down the tote road..searching out native poon, any size, any shape, any age. 1994 Picture (Sydney) 4 May 4/4 (headline) Fine..for cheering up pub with her poon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). poonv. Brit. /puːn/, U.S. /pun/, Australian English /puːn/ Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. Perhaps compare poon n.² Australian slang. intransitive. To dress up, esp. flashily. Chiefly in past participle. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (intransitive)] > in specific way > dress up to toss out1759 to tog it1819 prig1845 to rag out1849 buck up1854 to dress up1869 poon1943 priss1971 1943 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang (ed. 3) 61 Poon up, to dress up, especially in flashy fashion. 1951 D. Stivens Jimmy Brockett 48 Some of 'em were young lairs, all pooned up to kill. 1962 Southerly ii. 79 It was not often Ironbark got himself pooned up like this but he was heading off to Sydney to bust his roll. 1990 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 16 Apr. On my third visit I was rather ‘pooned’ up and made my entrance with little challenge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.¹1699n.²1940n.³1947v.1943
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