poh
poh interjection: indicating that something is trivial and not worth consideration. Also the alternative spelling of po.
Interjection
- Indicating that something is trivial and not worth consideration.
- Oh, poh! they might have been counted some how or other, unless indeed they were so numerous as to require all our people to stand sentinel round them.1811 May 29, William Cobbett, “Summary of Politics”, in Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, volume 19, number 43, page 1323
- Poh, it's from your sister at Lyons, and contains good news: read it.1856, Oliver Goldsmith, The Works of Oliver Goldsmith, page 69
- Expressing disagreement or irritation
- Lady Anſw[erall]. Colonel, ſome Ladies of your Acquaintance have promis'd to breakfast with you, and I am to wait on them; what will you give us? / Col[onel Atwit]. Why, faith, Madam, Batchelors Fare; Bread and Cheeſe, and Kiſſes. / Lady Anſw. Poh! what have you Batchelors to do with your Money...1738, Simon Wagstaff [pseudonym; Jonathan Swift], A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, According to the Most Polite Mode and Method Now Used at Court, and in the Best...
- Oh — poh ! how do you know I had any call to the dark man - and as for Sally — sure there she's westwards in" the fields ; take her, and welcome. Keep out o' my way now, I'd advise you.1862 April 26, Gerald Griffin, “Suil Dhuv, The Coiner”, in Illustrated Dublin Journal, volume 1, number 34
- Synonyms:
- tush
- Expressing disgust or repulsion.
- Poh it's disgusting, Mr. Caudle.1851, Eliza Cook, Eliza Cook's Journal, page 327
- But if my way were written down and printed, he would not touch it. "Poh, it's bookish !"1859, Henry Ward Beecher, Plain and Pleasant Talk About Fruits, Flowers and Farming
- Synonyms:
- bleah
Noun (1) capitalized: POH
POH
- Initialism of powered-on hours.
Proper noun capitalized: Poh
Poh (countable and uncountable, plural Pohs)
- A surname.
Noun (2) capitalized: pOH
pOH
Also used as
poh is also the alternative spelling of po.
Examples of poh in a sentence
- "Poh, poh! it's a mere trifle, I repeat," Tibbits rejoined.1857, William Harrison Ainsworth, The Spendthrift: A Tale, page 298:
- “Oh, poh, poh !—her purse, if she likes it better; the little receptacle which my wife and daughters find it convenient for me to keep—well filled—in my pocket.1873, The Australian Journal:
- To hear that bark and not see the barker would make one imagine that he did the biting for all dogdom: but seeing the source one only says, “Poh, it's the yaller dog !”1873, American Observer - Volume 10, page 492:
- Poh! what have you Batchelors to do with your Money, but to treat the Ladies? you have nothing to keep but your own Four Quarters.1738, Simon Wagstaff [pseudonym; Jonathan Swift], A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, According to the Most Polite...
Synonyms of poh
Forms of poh
| plural | Pohs |
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Origin of poh
From a dialect word for standard German Pfau (“peacock”), or Hokkien 傅 (Pò͘).
From p, denoting negative logarithm, and OH, denoting the hydroxyl radical.
Phrases with poh
Questions about poh
- What does poh mean?
- Poh means indicating that something is trivial and not worth consideration.
- How do you use poh in a sentence?
- "Poh, poh! it's a mere trifle, I repeat," Tibbits rejoined.
- What part of speech is poh?
- Poh can be an interjection, a noun or a proper noun.
Words near poh in the dictionary
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