poo

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pu/
• (US) IPA^(key): /puː/

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• Rhymes: -uː

See pooh.

poo (countable and uncountable, plural poos)

1. Alternative spelling of pooh: an instance of saying "poo".
2. (uncountable, childish) Feces.
   • 1960, Harold Wentworth & al., Dictionary of American Slang, p. 401:

     Poo... feces.

   • 2018 Brent Butt, "Sasquatch Your Language", Corner Gas Animated:

     Wherever legitimate tracks are found there's always some fresh scat, y'know, poo, flop, dumplings.

3. (countable, chiefly Britain, childish) A piece of feces or an act of defecation.
   • 1981 June 22, The Guardian, p. 8:

     That doggy's doing a poo.

4. (uncountable, slang) Cannabis resin.
5. (uncountable, slang) Champagne.

   Who wants another glass of poo?

• (shit): See Thesaurus:feces
• (defecation): See Thesaurus:defecation

• pee

poo (third-person singular simple present poos, present participle pooing, simple past and past participle pooed)

1. Alternative spelling of pooh: to say "poo".
2. (intransitive, childish) To defecate.
   • 1975 July 6, C. James, Observer, p. 23:

     The dog practically has to poo on his shoe before he can make the pinch.

3. (transitive, childish) To dirty something with feces.
   • 1989 Dec. 11, The Mercury:

     Most babies I knew then had on introduction either howled or pooed their pants.

   • 2003 March 13, The Sun:

     We all know what happened to them—they... poohed their pants.

• (to shit): See Thesaurus:defecate

• pee

poo

1. Alternative spelling of pooh: Expressing dismissal, disgust, etc.
2. (euphemistic) Expressing annoyance, frustration, etc.: a minced oath for 'shit'.
   • 1986' January 12, Chicago Tribune, page 3c:

     Petulant and pouty, Stephanie herself says things like, ‘Oh, poo.’

• (expressing annoyance, etc): See Thesaurus:dammit

See -poo.

poo

1. Alternative spelling of -poo.

Clipping of shampoo.

poo (uncountable)

1. Short for shampoo.

• pre-poo

• OOP, oop

poo

1. pig

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

poo

1. Alternative form of po

From a Vulgar Latin *pulus, from earlier *pulvus, from Latin pulvis (“powder; dust”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɔ.o/

poo m (plural poos)

1. powder (fine particles made by grinding substance)
   • 13th century, attributed to Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 225 (facsimile):

     A Tan toſte que Saẏda foi.o Crerigo fillou a ⁊ fez logo dela poos ⁊ en ſa bolſſa guardo a

     As soon as it exited, the cleric grabbed it and soon ground it (literally: made powders of it) and stored it in his purse.

• Galician: po
• Portuguese: pó

poo

1. (archaic) collared peccary, Pecari tajacu

• ziix ina quicös

• poo caacoj

• IPA^(key): /pɔ̀.ɔ̀/

pôô (plural dipoo)

1. bull (male cow)