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pugh

/pjuː/

pugh is the alternative form of pooh.

Meaning of pooh

Interjection

  1. Expressing dismissal, contempt, impatience, etc.
    • I am carelesse what the fustie World speakes of me, puh.1600, Ben Jonson, Every Man out of His Humor, iii, i, sig. iii
    Synonyms:
    pht
  2. Expressing disgust at an unpleasant smell.
    • Pooh!... How you smell of tobacco.1859, S.S. Steele, Conjugal Lesson, page 182
    Synonyms:
    bleah

See all 5 meanings of pooh

Proper noun capitalized: Pugh

Pugh

  1. A surname from Welsh.

Forms of pugh

alternative formBew
alternative formPew
alternative formPughe

Origin of pugh

From Welsh ap (“son of”) + Huw (“Hugh”).

Words formed from pugh

Questions about pugh

What does pugh mean?
Pugh means a surname from Welsh.
What is pugh the alternative form of?
Pugh is the alternative form of pooh.
What part of speech is pugh?
Pugh is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce pugh?
Pugh is pronounced /pjuː/.

Words near pugh in the dictionary

  1. puggried
  2. puggries
  3. puggris
  4. puggry
  5. puggy
  6. pugh
  7. Pughe
  8. pughole
  9. pugholes
  10. pugil
  11. pugil stick

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pugh (page history and authors); Pugh (page history and authors); pooh (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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