different between pooh vs pood
pooh
English
Alternative forms
- poo
- (obsolete): puh, poogh, pugh
Etymology
Originally onomatopoeic for a puff of air, after earlier poh and similar to later pew, phew, pho, phoo, poof. Later influenced by poop, onomatopoeic for the sound of flatulating and defecating, and by interjections of disgust similar to phew, pee-ew.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /phu?/, /pu?/
- (US) IPA(key): /pu/
Interjection
pooh
- Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc.
- 1600, Ben Jonson, Every Man out of His Humor, iii, i, sig. iii:
- I am carelesse what the fustie World speakes of me, puh.
- 1694, William Congreve, Double-Dealer, I, i, 2:
- Pooh, ha, ha, ha, I know you envy me.
- 1600, Ben Jonson, Every Man out of His Humor, iii, i, sig. iii:
- Expressing disgust at an unpleasant smell.
- (euphemistic) Alternative form of poo: a minced oath for 'shit'.
- 1992 July 22, Time, page 55:
- Mom offers everybody fudge and says ‘Oh, pooh!’ when she gets upset.
- 1992 July 22, Time, page 55:
Synonyms
- (expressing contempt): pht, feh, meh, pshaw, pish, bah, poh; see also Thesaurus:bah
- (expressing disgust at a smell): bleah, eww, ick, uck; see also Thesaurus:yuck
Derived terms
- pooh-bah, poobah, pooh-pooh
Noun
pooh (countable and uncountable, plural poohs)
- (countable) An instance of saying "pooh".
- 1818, Lord Byron, Beppo, canto vii, l. 4:
- A thing which causes many ‘poohs’ and ‘pishes’.
- 1818, Lord Byron, Beppo, canto vii, l. 4:
- (uncountable, childish) Alternative form of poo: feces.
- (countable, chiefly Britain, childish) Alternative form of poo: A piece of feces; an act of defecation.
Verb
pooh (third-person singular simple present poohs, present participle poohing, simple past and past participle poohed)
- (intransitive) To say "pooh".
- 1614, John Taylor, The Nipping or Snipping of Abuses, L4:
- The wrimouth'd Crittick...
That mewes, and puh's and shakes his brainelesse head...
- The wrimouth'd Crittick...
- 1798, Charlotte Smith, The Young Philosopher, Vol. I, page 44:
- The Doctor... pshaw'd and pooh'd for some time.
- 1614, John Taylor, The Nipping or Snipping of Abuses, L4:
- (transitive) To say "pooh" to.
- (intransitive, childish) Alternative form of poo: To defecate or dirty something with feces.
- 1989 April 1, Crisis, page 19:
- My cat poohed in here.
- 2003 March 13, The Sun:
- We all know what happened to them—they... poohed their pants.
- 1989 April 1, Crisis, page 19:
Synonyms
- (all): pooh-pooh
References
- “pooh, n. and int.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2006
- “pooh, v.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 2006
Anagrams
- Hoop, hoop, ooph, phoo
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pood
English
Alternative forms
- poud
Etymology
From Russian ??? (pud). Doublet of pound.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -u?d
Noun
pood (plural poods)
- An obsolete Russian unit of mass, equal to 40 Russian funt, or about 16.38 kg (approximately 36.11 pounds).
- 1869, Great Britain. Parliament, Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons (page 295)
- About 250,000 poods of yuft are prepared annually, of which about 150,000 poods are red yuft, manufactured chiefly for foreign markets.
- 1869, Great Britain. Parliament, Accounts and Papers of the House of Commons (page 295)
- A Russian unit of mass used for kettlebells, now rounded off to 16 kg (about 35.274 pounds).
Translations
Anagrams
- doop, podo-
Estonian
Etymology
From Middle Low German bode.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p?o?d??/
Noun
pood (genitive poe, partitive poodi)
- shop
Declension
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- what poodle mix is right for me
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