Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: pooh
IPA transcription: [p'u]
Usage examples
  • "Pooh!" exclaimed Jimmy Skunk.
  • "Yes, love, pooh by all means, if you like poohing!" said Miss Mapp.
  • "Pooh! pooh!" said John Thornton; "Buck can start a thousand pounds."
  • "Pooh!" exclaimed the blue jay, "we cannot be shot now, for we are stuffed.
  • "Pooh, volcanic!" says the leading tourist, and the ladies say how interesting.
  • Yes, it is very fashionable now-a-days for young ladies to carry eye-glasses, and call themselves near-sighted!" Or, "Pooh!
  • 'Pooh, pooh, my dear Sir,' said the little man, untying the bundle, and glancing eagerly at Mr. Pickwick out of the corners of his eyes.
  • "Pooh, pooh, Miss Sharp," said he, pulling up his shirt-collars; "the danger makes the sport only the pleasanter." He had never been but once at a tiger-hunt, when the accident in question occurred, and when he was half killed--not by the tiger, but by the fright.