Loo

5 definitions found

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

  Lanterloo \Lan"ter*loo`\, n.
     An old name of {loo}
     (a) .
         [1913 Webster]

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



  Loo \Loo\ (l[=oo]), n. [For older lanterloo, F. lanturelu,
     lanturlu, name of the game; orig., the refrain of a
     vaudeville.]
     (a) An old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to
         each player from a full pack. When five cards are used
         the highest card is the knave of clubs or (if so agreed
         upon) the knave of trumps; -- formerly called
         {lanterloo}.
     (b) A modification of the game of "all fours" in which the
         players replenish their hands after each round by drawing
         each a card from the pack.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     {Loo table}, a round table adapted for a circle of persons
        playing loo.
        [1913 Webster]

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

  Loo \Loo\ (l[=oo]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Looed} (l[=oo]d); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Looing}.]
     To beat in the game of loo by winning every trick. [Written
     also {lu}.] --Goldsmith.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  loo
       n : a toilet in England [syn: {water closet}, {closet}, {W.C.}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "loo":
     WC, backhouse, basement, bathroom, can, closet, comfort station,
     convenience, crapper, earth closet, head, john, johnny,
     johnny house, latrine, lavatory, necessary, outhouse, pot, potty,
     powder room, privy, rest room, throne, toilet, toilet room, urinal,
     washroom, water closet