pooh-pooh

Questions about pooh-pooh

What does pooh-pooh mean?

pooh-pooh means "express contempt about". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in pooh-pooh?

pooh-pooh has 2 syllables: pooh--pooh. The stress falls on "pooh".

What is another word for pooh-pooh?

Close synonyms include reject, spurn, freeze off, scorn, disdain. 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-pooh a common word?

pooh-pooh 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.