What does pooh-bah mean?

pooh-bah means "an arrogant or conceited person of importance".

How many syllables are in pooh-bah?

pooh-bah has 2 syllables: pooh--bah. The stress falls on "pooh-". In IPA it is /ˈpuˈbʌ/.

What is another word for pooh-bah?

Close synonyms include high-muck-a-muck. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is pooh-bah a common word?

pooh-bah is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Pooh-bah — meaning and how to say it: POO-buh

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
an arrogant or conceited person of importance
Synonymshigh-muck-a-muck
Broaderimportant person

Questions about pooh-bah

What does pooh-bah mean?: pooh-bah means "an arrogant or conceited person of importance".
How many syllables are in pooh-bah?: pooh-bah has 2 syllables: pooh--bah. The stress falls on "pooh-". In IPA it is /ˈpuˈbʌ/.
What is another word for pooh-bah?: Close synonyms include high-muck-a-muck. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is pooh-bah a common word?

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