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pooh-pooh

To pooh-pooh is defined as a way to indicate that something cannot happen, or to make a joke about something.

(idiom)

When someone makes suggestions about where you should eat dinner and you find something wrong with every single suggestion, this is an example of when you pooh-pooh all the suggestions.

See pooh-pooh in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb

to minimize or treat disdainfully; make light of; belittle

Origin: redupl. of pooh

See pooh-pooh in American Heritage Dictionary 4

transitive verb pooh-poohed, pooh-pooh·ing, pooh-poohs
Informal

To express contempt for or impatience about; make light of: “British actors have long pooh-poohed the Method” (Stephen Schiff).

Origin:

Origin: Reduplication of pooh

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