Crossword clues for pooh-pooh
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pooh-pooh \Pooh`-pooh"\, v. t.
To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if
by saying pooh! pooh! [Colloq.]
--Thackeray.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to dismiss lightly and contemptuously," 1827, a slang reduplication of dismissive expression pooh. Among the many 19th century theories of the origin of language was the Pooh-pooh theory (1860), which held that language grew from natural expressions of surprise, joy, pain, or grief.
Wiktionary
vb. (context transitive English) To dismiss idly, with derision or contempt.
WordNet
Usage examples of "pooh-pooh".
Philistine who pooh-poohs the tales told of baby composers, and hints that they must have been a trial to their friends.
Rebel theorists pooh-poohed the great news and immediately set out to prove that spontaneous coadunation didn't exist.
Exley certainly is doing his best to pooh-pooh the current Southside crime wave to members of the press.
Of course, it's only a drop in the ocean and gets pooh-poohed even in responsible quarters, but for me it's a sign, an omen.
I told him twice about that van, but he pooh-poohed the idea, said if he stopped to track down every half-assed theory the John Q.
I told him twice about that van, but he pooh-poohed the idea, said if he stopped to track down every half-assed theory the John Q. Public volunteered, he wouldn't get anything else done.
On the other hand, those who pooh-pooh science revert, as a rule, to some ancient and pernicious superstition, and refuse to admit the immense increase of human happiness which scientific technique, if widely used, would make possible.
They were all so pleased because Bill hadn't pooh-poohed the whole idea.
You pooh-poohed it when I first saw a mound that moved, and now it's withy and leaves stirring about out there.
Why, it was even told that Stone Giants were seen emerging from the earth nigh the place where Tipperton and Rynna lived, but others pooh-poohed the notion, for who could believe such?
Since nothing had been taken that other time, Fernanda had rather pooh-poohed its importance.
Where do you think you would be if I pooh-poohed this whole notion of an attack?
And Daddy could not be warned, because he pooh-poohed the supernatural.
Elijah had pooh-poohed the notion of a curse on the land, and built directly under the haunted tree to prove it—and had died there.
Some folk pooh-poohed the notion, but he was sure that monster lurked around these parts.