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Definition of Pooh-pooh
1. Verb. Express contempt about.
2. Verb. Reject with contempt. "She spurned his advances"
Generic synonyms: Decline, Refuse
Specialized synonyms: Rebuff, Repel, Snub
Related verbs: Decline, Pass Up, Refuse, Reject, Turn Down, Refuse, Reject, Turn Away, Turn Down
Derivative terms: Reject, Rejective, Scorner, Spurner, Turndown
Definition of Pooh-pooh
1. Verb. (transitive) To dismiss idly, with derision or contempt. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pooh-pooh
Literary usage of Pooh-pooh
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1879)
"But by the use of the invaluable "pick and pooh-pooh " formula, you can —well,
there is hardly anything that you can not do, except justice to your ..."
2. Language and the Study of Language: Twelve Lectures on the Principles of by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"The "bow-wow," " pooh-pooh," and " ding-dong " theories. Onomatopoeia the true
source of first utterances. Its various modes and limitations. ..."
3. Original Plays by William Schwenck Gilbert (1908)
"Sing " Bah to you— Pooh, pooh, to you " And that's what you should say! Ha! ha!
to you"— And that's what you should say! Dun. To stuff his conversation full ..."
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