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Once I started selling scripts for a great deal of money - action scripts, no less, which people tend to pooh-pooh anyway - then I started to get some backlash. Which I didn't mind.
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Meaning of "pooh-pooh" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF POOH-POOH

pooh-pooh  [ˈpuːˈpuː] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF POOH-POOH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pooh-Pooh is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb pooh-pooh in English.

WHAT DOES POOH-POOH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pooh-pooh in the English dictionary

The definition of pooh-pooh in the dictionary is to express disdain or scorn for; dismiss or belittle.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO POOH-POOH

PRESENT

Present
I pooh-pooh
you pooh-pooh
he/she/it pooh-poohs
we pooh-pooh
you pooh-pooh
they pooh-pooh
Present continuous
I am pooh-poohing
you are pooh-poohing
he/she/it is pooh-poohing
we are pooh-poohing
you are pooh-poohing
they are pooh-poohing
Present perfect
I have pooh-poohed
you have pooh-poohed
he/she/it has pooh-poohed
we have pooh-poohed
you have pooh-poohed
they have pooh-poohed
Present perfect continuous
I have been pooh-poohing
you have been pooh-poohing
he/she/it has been pooh-poohing
we have been pooh-poohing
you have been pooh-poohing
they have been pooh-poohing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I pooh-poohed
you pooh-poohed
he/she/it pooh-poohed
we pooh-poohed
you pooh-poohed
they pooh-poohed
Past continuous
I was pooh-poohing
you were pooh-poohing
he/she/it was pooh-poohing
we were pooh-poohing
you were pooh-poohing
they were pooh-poohing
Past perfect
I had pooh-poohed
you had pooh-poohed
he/she/it had pooh-poohed
we had pooh-poohed
you had pooh-poohed
they had pooh-poohed
Past perfect continuous
I had been pooh-poohing
you had been pooh-poohing
he/she/it had been pooh-poohing
we had been pooh-poohing
you had been pooh-poohing
they had been pooh-poohing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will pooh-pooh
you will pooh-pooh
he/she/it will pooh-pooh
we will pooh-pooh
you will pooh-pooh
they will pooh-pooh
Future continuous
I will be pooh-poohing
you will be pooh-poohing
he/she/it will be pooh-poohing
we will be pooh-poohing
you will be pooh-poohing
they will be pooh-poohing
Future perfect
I will have pooh-poohed
you will have pooh-poohed
he/she/it will have pooh-poohed
we will have pooh-poohed
you will have pooh-poohed
they will have pooh-poohed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been pooh-poohing
you will have been pooh-poohing
he/she/it will have been pooh-poohing
we will have been pooh-poohing
you will have been pooh-poohing
they will have been pooh-poohing
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would pooh-pooh
you would pooh-pooh
he/she/it would pooh-pooh
we would pooh-pooh
you would pooh-pooh
they would pooh-pooh
Conditional continuous
I would be pooh-poohing
you would be pooh-poohing
he/she/it would be pooh-poohing
we would be pooh-poohing
you would be pooh-poohing
they would be pooh-poohing
Conditional perfect
I would have pooh-pooh
you would have pooh-pooh
he/she/it would have pooh-pooh
we would have pooh-pooh
you would have pooh-pooh
they would have pooh-pooh
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been pooh-poohing
you would have been pooh-poohing
he/she/it would have been pooh-poohing
we would have been pooh-poohing
you would have been pooh-poohing
they would have been pooh-poohing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you pooh-pooh
we let´s pooh-pooh
you pooh-pooh
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to pooh-pooh
Past participle
pooh-poohed
Present Participle
pooh-poohing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH POOH-POOH


cockapoo
ˈkɒkəˌpuː
coypu
ˈkɔɪpuː
hapu
ˈhɑːpuː
hoopoe
ˈhuːpuː
kokopu
kɒkɒpuː
napoo
nɑːˈpuː
Ogpu
ˈɒɡpuː
peekapoo
ˈpiːkəˌpuː
Pengpu
ˈpɛŋˈpuː
poo
puː
pooh
puː
pugh
puː
puh
puː
pupu
ˈpuːpuː
quipu
ˈkiːpuː
shampoo
ʃæmˈpuː
shypoo
ʃaɪˈpuː
tapu
ˈtɑːpuː
Winnie-the-Pooh
ˌwɪnɪˌðəˈpuː
ZAPU
ˈzæpuː

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE POOH-POOH

pooch
pood
poodle
poodle-faker
poof
poofter
poofy
poogye
pooh
pooh sticks
Pooh-Bah
pooja
pook
pooka
pool
pool attendant
pool hall
Pool Malebo
pool player
pool table

WORDS THAT END LIKE POOH-POOH

billyoh
boh
bottle-oh
doh
fleece-oh
foh
good-oh
Ipoh
matzoh
Noh
oh
ooh
Pharaoh
Play-Doh
poh
rabbitoh
right oh
Shiloh
soh
up to high doh

Synonyms and antonyms of pooh-pooh in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «POOH-POOH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «pooh-pooh» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of pooh-pooh

Translation of «pooh-pooh» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF POOH-POOH

Find out the translation of pooh-pooh to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pooh-pooh from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pooh-pooh» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

藐视
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bah - bah
570 millions of speakers

English

pooh-pooh
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पूह पूह
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بو بو -
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пух - пух
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pooh - pooh
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘৃণা সহকারে প্রত্যাখ্যান করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dédaigner
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pooh-pooh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pfui pfui -
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

さげすむ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

푸우 - 푸우
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pooh-pooh
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pooh- pooh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பரிகசி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कूउ-कूओह
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

burun kıvırmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Pooh - Pooh
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Kubuś Puchatek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пух - пух
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pooh - pooh
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

pooh - pooh
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

gering skatte
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pooh - pooh
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pooh - pooh
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pooh-pooh

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «POOH-POOH»

The term «pooh-pooh» is regularly used and occupies the 60.621 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «POOH-POOH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pooh-pooh» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pooh-pooh» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pooh-pooh

EXAMPLES

3 QUOTES WITH «POOH-POOH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word pooh-pooh.
1
Shane Black
Once I started selling scripts for a great deal of money - action scripts, no less, which people tend to pooh-pooh anyway - then I started to get some backlash. Which I didn't mind.
2
Dennis Crowley
People used to pooh-pooh the idea of a check-in, saying that this wasn't interesting. But when you have 3 billion of those data points, you can take any latitude and longitude anywhere in the world, and I'll tell you what is interesting now, 20 minutes from now, and 6 hours from now.
3
Kary Mullis
They can't pooh-pooh me now, because of who I am.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «POOH-POOH»

Discover the use of pooh-pooh in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pooh-pooh and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pooh! Pooh!: A Poem
POOH! POOH! MIDDLESEX. - “ How d'ye do, Thompson, how are you, How is the Railway, aye I?” “ Progressing well, I thank you !" “ Pooh Pooh! It will never pay. “ There's nothing but a van or two U on the Eastern road : Abulhble such as this ...
One of Job's comforters, 1839
2
Pooh! Pooh! a poem, by one of Job's Comforters
How d'ye do, Thompson, how are you, How is the Railway, aye Z?" “ Progressing well, I thank you i" “ Pooh Pooh ! It will never pay. “ There's nothing but a van or two Upon the Eastern road : Abubble such as this won't do, 'Twill very soon ...
‎1839
3
The House At Pooh Corner Deluxe Edition
This deluxe edition of The House At Pooh Corner is the perfect way to celebrate the enduring popularity of A. A. Milne's classic work and a stunning companion to the Winnie-the-Pooh 80th Anniversary Edition.
A. A. Milne, 2009
4
Winnie the Pooh
This deluxe anniversary edition of Winnie-the-Pooh is the perfect way to celebrate the enduring popularity of A. A. Milne's classic work.
A.A. Milne, 2009
5
Who Pooh Poohed In Your Magic Lamp?: Answers to Ancient ...
As you read the word definitions above of “pooh pooh,” did you feel pain in your heart? I hope so, because this is what all of these young kids are doing when they text and bully other kids about how bad, disliked, fat, and ugly they are.
R. Jeannie Self, 2011
6
The House At Pooh Corner:
“Because it'sthe way home.” “Oh!” saidPooh. “I think it'smore to the right,” saidPiglet nervously. “What do you think, Pooh?” Pooh looked athis two paws. He knew that one of them was the right, and he knew that whenyouhad decidedwhich one ...
A. A. Milne, 2014
7
Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country
TYDUS-POOH-POOH. IT is, we know, not usual, nor indeed is it correct, in the management of our periodical publications, to give the names — far less the faces — of the gentlemen who favour us with their contributions ; but particular ...
‎1832
8
The Pooh Perplex
This edition contains a new preface by the author that compares literary theory then and now and identifies some of the real-life critics who were spoofed in certain chapters.
Frederick Crews, 2003
9
Postmodern Pooh
Now Frederick Crews has written a hilarious new satire in the same vein.
Frederick Crews, 2011
10
The Pooh of Family -The Quest to Find Perfection: The Quest ...
"It is here we keep our ' MY Rights Of Pooh' Pooh removed a jar marked “Hunny”. He pulled out an old parchment scroll with worn edges, torn corners and sticky edges. Pooh licked the sweet edges of the pot. Winnie-the-Pooh sighed gently ...
Dennis Hooker, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «POOH-POOH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pooh-pooh is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'eSports is a massive area of growth' - Chillblast
There are millions of people that would rather watch someone else play Minecraft than watch Eastenders; people like us can't afford to pooh-pooh that as a fad ... «PCR-online.biz, Jul 15»
2
Recap: Naked and Afraid XL, Episode 2 “40 Days, No Escape”
Honora isn't deterred in her fruit hunt, but she is able to climb to a piece of fruit, but the men pooh-pooh her efforts. Meanwhile, they haven't ... «Channel Guide Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Gamers' new challenge: a urine sample
Before you pooh-pooh it, you should know e-sports (as its known) is a quarter-billion-dollar-a-year business, with an estimated a fan base of ... «Marketplace.org, Jul 15»
4
Male Or Female, Coaching Is A Mental Game
Those who loudly pooh-pooh women coaching in the men's game are boorish, condescending and uninformed. Basketball coaching isn't ... «Hartford Courant, Jul 15»
5
Gamers new challenge: a urine sample
Before you pooh-pooh it, you should know e-sports (as its known) is a quarter-billion-dollar-a-year business, with an estimated a fan base of ... «Marketplace.org, Jul 15»
6
Centennial Disclosure
The other dramatic obstacle was my character, a sourpuss who would pooh-pooh anyone else's ideas. Like I said, typecasting. No wonder I've ... «News 650 Keni, Jul 15»
7
We Eat Dollar Weighted Returns — VI
(An aside: much as some pooh-pooh buy-and-hold investing, it generally beats those who trade. There may be intelligent ways to trade, but ... «ValueWalk, Jul 15»
8
Media to blame for The Rise of Trump? Two political scientists think so
"The deal also includes two issues of Footwear News." (Capital New York) Don't pooh-pooh Footwear News. It's the only way I would know that ... «Poynter.org, Jul 15»
9
Uniqlo, Dion Lee, Burberry and Wang warm to the puffer jacket
Of course, while I pooh-pooh the puffer, some in fashion circles welcome its warm embrace. Alarmingly, Lee has gone from anti to pro in his ... «The Australian, Jul 15»
10
Make way for the Rocket Man
Even better, unlike other veterans who might prefer the music of their youth and pooh-pooh current music trends, he seeks out and champions ... «The Straits Times, Jul 15»

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