pooh
pronunciation
How to pronounce pooh in British English:
UK [pu:]
How to pronounce pooh in American English:
US [pu]
Word Origin
- pooh
- 1590s, "a 'vocal gesture' expressing the action of puffing anything away" [OED], first attested in Hamlet Act I, Scene III, where Polonius addresses Ophelia with, "Affection! pooh! you speak like a green girl, / Unsifted in such perilous circumstance. / Do you believe his tenders, as you call them?" But the "vocal gesture" is perhaps ancient.
Example
- 1. If you 've got time , you really should drop in on winnie the pooh at hundred acre wood , and have a quick bounce with tigger .
- 2. And I know that some vegetarians pooh pooh meatless monday as not enough .
- 3. Winnie the pooh & friends latch hook .
- 4. Winnie the pooh and the blustery day ?
- 5. Winnie the pooh coloring book pages to print - free winnie .