Pooh-pooh

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pooh-pooh \Pooh`-pooh"\, v. t.
     To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if
     by saying pooh! pooh! [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  pooh-pooh
       v 1: express contempt about
       2: reject with contempt; "She spurned his advances" [syn: {reject},
           {spurn}, {freeze off}, {scorn}, {disdain}, {turn down}]