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pooh-poohing

pooh-poohing is the present participle and gerund of pooh-pooh.

Meaning of pooh-pooh

Verb

pooh-pooh (third-person singular simple present pooh-poohs, present participle pooh-poohing, simple past and past participle pooh-poohed)

  1. (transitive) To dismiss idly with contempt or derision; to diminish.
    • [W]hen he went abroad with Dombey and was chasing that vagabond up and down France, J. Bagstock would have pooh-pooh'd you—would have pooh-pooh'd you, Sir, by the Lord!1846 October 1 – 1848 April 1, Charles Dickens, chapter 58, in Dombey and Son, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1848, →OCLC, page 578

Questions about pooh-poohing

What is pooh-poohing the present participle and gerund of?
Pooh-poohing is the present participle and gerund of pooh-pooh.

Words near pooh-poohing in the dictionary

  1. pooh-bahs
  2. pooh-pooh
  3. pooh-pooh theories
  4. pooh-pooh theory
  5. pooh-poohed
  6. pooh-poohing
  7. pooh-poohs
  8. poohbah
  9. poohbahs
  10. poohead
  11. pooheads

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