pooとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

See pooh.

名詞

poo (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 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.
   • June 22 1981, 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?

同意語

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

等位語

• pee
• wee

動詞

poo (三人称単数 現在形 poos, 現在分詞 pooing, 過去形および過去分詞形 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.

等位語

• pee

同意語

• (to shit): See Thesaurus:defecate

間投詞

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.’

同意語

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

語源 2

See -poo.

接尾辞

poo

1. Alternative spelling of -poo.

語源 3

Clipping of shampoo.

名詞

poo (uncountable)

1. Short for shampoo.

派生語

• pre-poo

アナグラム

• OOP, oop

語源

Unknown, probably arbitrary or from poo.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /puː/, sometimes including reduction of the preceding /i/ to /ɪ/
• (米国発音) IPA^(key): /pu/

接尾辞

-poo

1. Added to nouns, especially personal names, ending in -y or -ie to form affectionate, playful diminutives.
   • 1908 January 28, Republican News, p. 8:

     This is my little dog, Pinky-Panky-Poo. Bark at the gentleman, Pinky-Panky-Poo.

   • 1932, James Mitchell, Sunset Song, p. 21:

     ...they would scraich out ‘Inky poo, your nose is blue, You're awful like the Turra Coo!’ whenever they saw Ellison go by.

   • 2002, William Kennedy, Roscoe, p. 241:

     As Elisha passes her on his way to the microphone she does her boa-constrictor number, big huggypoo, big kissypoo. Once past Pammypoo, Elisha makes a speech.

派生語

参照

• “-poo, comb. form.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006.

アナグラム

• OOP, oop