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poody

poody verb: to suddenly fall into an irritable or sullen mood; to sulk.

Verb

poody (third-person singular simple present poodies, present participle poodying, simple past and past participle poodied)

  1. (Wales) To suddenly fall into an irritable or sullen mood; to sulk.
    • Chilling listening to Stone Roses while the misses^([sic – meaning missus]) is poodying upstairs #winningbothways2012 November 9, @elgriff28, Twitter (post), archived from the original on 17 Mar 2026

Noun

poody (plural not attested)

  1. (Wales, no plural) An outbreak of ill humor or sulking.

Forms of poody

third-person singular presentpoodies
present participlepoodying
past participlepoodied
pastpoodied

Origin of poody

Borrowed from Welsh pwdu (“to sulk, pout”). The noun sense is derived from the verb.

Questions about poody

What does poody mean?
Poody means to suddenly fall into an irritable or sullen mood; to sulk.
What part of speech is poody?
Poody can be a verb or a noun.
What is the past tense of poody?
The past tense of poody is poodied.

Words near poody in the dictionary

  1. poodling
  2. poodlish
  3. poodly
  4. poodring tubb
  5. poods
  6. poody
  7. poodying
  8. pooed
  9. pooer
  10. pooers
  11. pooey

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