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Definition of pooh-pooh verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

pooh-pooh

verb

pooh-pooh something (informal)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they pooh-pooh

he / she / it pooh-poohs

past simple pooh-poohed

-ing form pooh-poohing

to say that a suggestion, an idea, etc. is not true or not worth thinking about They are pooh-poohing suggestions of a split in the party. She had always pooh-poohed the idea of getting married.

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