to pooh
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9.8
- verb
- /puː/
- Informal
:
desestimar
- Think twice before you pooh-pooh it
- pooh-pooh the idea
- pooh-pooh
A friend of mine, he was, he was Pooh poohing stocks.
- A friend of mine, he was, he was Pooh poohing stocks.
- The mainstream media, like with inflation and like with crime, have done their best to Pooh, Pooh these issues.
- Even the people that Pooh Pooh it or try to play, you know, like too cool for school or like don't believe in it.
- And so there are models that, you know, people have been Pooh poohing education that's focused on trades and skills will have those choices.
Examples
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For all the naysayers who pooh-pooh this article, remember, Microsoft started this trend.
Blog text (1) -
But government officials have pooh-poohed her proposal.
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And you know, I was Pooh poohing the idea, I think.
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I told my wife about it, but she pooh-poohed me.
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Israeli officials also pooh-poohed the idea.
Academic text (1990) -
When first proposed, many biochemists pooh-poohed the idea of modifying DNA for use as a drug.
Academic text (1993) -
Gus had once offered to buy her an electric sharpener, but Beth had pooh-poohed the suggestion.
Fiction book (1995) -
My son-in-law pooh-poohs it, but if I didn't think there was more to life, I couldn't go on.
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My boyfriend is half-Indian, and I'd always pooh-poohed his concerns about being racially profiled while traveling, but no more.
Blog text (14) -
Many critics seem eager to pooh-pooh the upcoming film, but I think it will be a hit.
Synonyms
5
9.5
To treat an idea or opinion as unimportant and not worth taking seriously
To make a short sound to show annoyance or doubt
To make a short sound to show disbelief or no interest
Antonyms
How Dismissive
Surface Forms
Etymology
The verb pooh meaning to dismiss comes from the exclamation pooh or the repeated form pooh-pooh, a short sound showing 'dislike' that became a verb meaning 'to reject'. So to pooh an idea is to treat it as unimportant.