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poes

/pus/

poes noun: the female genitalia.

Noun (1)

poes

  1. (South Africa, slang, vulgar) The female genitalia.
  2. (South Africa, derogatory, slang, vulgar) A disliked person.

Noun (2) capitalized: POEs

POEs

  1. (plural) plural of POE

Proper noun capitalized: Poes

Poes

  1. (plural) plural of Poe

Forms of poes

alternative formpuss

Origin of poes

From Afrikaans poes (“vagina”), from Dutch poes (“cat, female cat, vagina”). Doublet of puss.

Questions about poes

What does poes mean?
Poes means the female genitalia.
What part of speech is poes?
Poes can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce poes?
Poes is pronounced /pus/.

Words near poes in the dictionary

  1. poep
  2. poephagous
  3. poeps
  4. Poer
  5. Poers
  6. poes
  7. poeses
  8. poesie
  9. poesied
  10. poesies
  11. poesiless

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: poes (page history and authors); POEs (page history and authors); Poes (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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