different between billiards vs poo

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?l??dz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b?l.j?dz/
• Hyphenation: bil?liards

Etymology 1

From French billard, originally referring to the wooden cue stick, diminutive of Old French bille (“log, tree trunk”), from Vulgar Latin *bilia, probably of Gaulish origin (compare Old Irish bile (“large tree, tree trunk”)), from Proto-Celtic *belyos (“tree”), from Proto-Indo-European *b?olh?yos (“leaf”), from *b?leh?- (“blossom, flower”).

Noun

billiards (uncountable)

1. (games, Britain) A two-player cue sport played with two cue balls and one red ball, on a snooker sized table.

   Synonym: English billiards

2. (games, US) The collective noun for games played on a tabletop, usually with several balls, one or more of which is hit by a cue.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:cue sport

Translations

See also

• pool
• snooker

Etymology 2

Noun

billiards

1. plural of billiard

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pu/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pu?/
• Rhymes: -u?

Etymology 1

See pooh.

Noun

poo (countable and uncountable, plural poos)

1. Alternative spelling of pooh: an instance of saying "poo".
2. (uncountable, childish) Feces.
   • 1960, Harold Wentworth & al., Dictionary of American Slang, p. 401:

     Poo... feces.

   • 2018 Brent Butt, "Sasquatch Your Language", Corner Gas Animated:

     Wherever legitimate tracks are found there's always some fresh scat, y'know, poo, flop, dumplings.

3. (countable, chiefly Britain, childish) A piece of feces or an act of defecation.
   • June 22 1981, The Guardian, p. 8:

     That doggy's doing a poo.

4. (uncountable, slang) Cannabis resin.
5. (uncountable, slang) Champagne.

Synonyms

• (shit): See Thesaurus:feces
• (defecation): See Thesaurus:defecation

Coordinate terms

• pee
• wee

Translations

Verb

poo (third-person singular simple present poos, present participle pooing, simple past and past participle pooed)

1. Alternative spelling of pooh: to say "poo".
2. (intransitive, childish) To defecate.
   • 1975 July 6, C. James, Observer, p. 23:

     The dog practically has to poo on his shoe before he can make the pinch.

3. (transitive, childish) To dirty something with feces.
   • 1989 Dec. 11, The Mercury:

     Most babies I knew then had on introduction either howled or pooed their pants.

   • 2003 March 13, The Sun:

     We all know what happened to them—they... poohed their pants.

Coordinate terms

• pee

Synonyms

• (to shit): See Thesaurus:defecate

Translations

Interjection

poo

1. Alternative spelling of pooh: Expressing dismissal, disgust, etc.
2. (euphemistic) Expressing annoyance, frustration, etc.: a minced oath for 'shit'.
   • 1986 January 12, Chicago Tribune, page 3c:

     Petulant and pouty, Stephanie herself says things like, ‘Oh, poo.’

Synonyms

• (expressing annoyance, etc): See Thesaurus:dammit

Etymology 2

Clipping of shampoo.

Noun

poo (uncountable)

1. Short for shampoo.

Derived terms

• pre-poo

Anagrams

• OOP, oop

'Are'are

Noun

poo

1. pig

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from translingual Poa, from Ancient Greek ??? (póa, “fodder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?poo/
• Hyphenation: po?o
• Rhymes: -oo

Noun

poo (accusative singular poon, plural pooj, accusative plural poojn)

1. Poa

Derived terms

• poacoj

Middle English

Noun

poo

1. Alternative form of po

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *pulus, from earlier *pulvus, from Latin pulvis (“powder; dust”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.o/

Noun

poo m (plural poos)

1. powder (fine particles made by grinding substance)

   • A Tan to?te que Sa?da foi.o Crerigo fillou a ? fez logo dela poos ? en ?a bol??a guardo a

     As soon as it exited, the cleric grabbed it and soon ground it (literally: made powders of it) and stored it in his purse.

Descendants

• Galician: po
• Portuguese: pó
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: po

Seri

Noun

poo

1. (archaic) collared peccary, Pecari tajacu

   Synonym: ziix ina quicös

Derived terms

• poo caacoj

Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.??/

Noun

pôô (plural dipoo)

1. bull (male cow)