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Definition of pooh-pooh - 2 dictionary results

pooh-pooh

[poo-poo]
–verb (used with object)
1. to express disdain or contempt for; dismiss lightly: He pooh-poohed all their superstitious fears.
–verb (used without object)
2. to express disdain or contempt.
Also, poo-poo.


Origin:
1820–30; v. use of redupl. of pooh 1


pooh-pooher, noun
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pooh-pooh   (pōō'pōō')   
tr.v.   pooh-poohed, pooh-pooh·ing, pooh-poohs Informal
To express contempt for or impatience about; make light of: "British actors have long pooh-poohed the Method" (Stephen Schiff).

[Reduplication of pooh.]
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