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poo bah

/ˈpuːbɑː/

poo bah is the alternative form of poobah.

Meaning of poobah

Noun

poobah (plural poobahs)

  1. A person who holds multiple offices or positions of power at the same time.
  2. A leader or other important person.
    • ‘I said pooh-pooh,’ Duxmann Pooh Bah said.1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 112
  3. A pompous, self-important person.

Forms of poo bah

pluralpoo bahs
alternative formpoobah
alternative formpooh bah
alternative formpooh-bah
alternative formpoo-bah
alternative formPoo-Bah
alternative formPooh-Bah

Origin of poo bah

From Pooh-Bah, a comic character in the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta The Mikado.

Words formed from poo bah

Questions about poo bah

What is poo bah the alternative form of?
Poo bah is the alternative form of poobah.
How do you pronounce poo bah?
Poo bah is pronounced /ˈpuːbɑː/.

Words near poo bah in the dictionary

  1. Ponzo illusions
  2. Ponzos
  3. ponzu
  4. Ponzying
  5. poo
  6. poo bah
  7. poo bahs
  8. poo pirate
  9. poo pirates
  10. poo poo
  11. poo pooed

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: poo bah (page history and authors); poobah (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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