pooh : Idioms & Phrases

Index

pooh-bah

  • noun an arrogant or conceited person of importance
    high-muck-a-muck.
WordNet

pooh-pooh

  • verb express contempt about
  • verb reject with contempt
    freeze off; spurn; disdain; reject; scorn; turn down.
    • She spurned his advances
WordNet
Pooh`-pooh" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh! Colloq. Thackeray.
Webster 1913