poovev.
/puːv/, U.S. /puv/ colloquial. rare.
intransitive. To speak or behave in an effeminate or affected manner.
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the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [verb (intransitive)]
womanize1604
effeminate1612
camp1910
ponce1947
to camp it up1957
poove1971
1971 Melody Maker 9 Oct. 11/1 He reckoned they pooved around a little, but commented that..their music wasn't all that rough after all.
Derivatives
ˈpooving n.
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2003 Sydney Morning Herald (Nexis) 4 Sept. 23 Why can't ‘these people’..do their pooving behind closed doors with the cringing shame any decent Christian would manifest?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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