pooh
exclamation/puː/
/puː/
(especially British English)- used to express great dislike at a bad smell
- Pooh! It stinks!
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- used to say that you think somebody’s idea, suggestion, etc. is not very good or that you do not believe what somebody has said
- ‘I might lose my job for this.’ ‘Oh, pooh, nobody will care.’
Word Originnatural exclamation: first recorded in English in the late 16th cent.
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