单词 | poh |
释义 | pohint.v. A. int. Expressing contemptuous rejection. Cf. pooh int. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > exclamations of contempt [interjection] > exclamations of contemptuous rejection pho1601 phoo1672 poh1679 hoot1681 hoots1824 poof1824 to shove something up your ass1895 nuts1910 1559 J. Jewel Let. 6 Apr. in Wks. (1850) IV. 1202 Si adfuisset Julius noster, centies exclamasset, Poh! horson knave [ Wks. (1848) Poz! horson knave]. a1612 J. Harington Epigrams (1618) ii. xxxviii. sig. F Then giue them Herring, Poh, away with these. 1648 Elegy on Timely Death of J. Warner in J. W. Draper Cent. Broadside Elegies (1928) 53 When he lighted (stop your nose I pray) Poh, quoth the Varlets, what a smell's today? 1679 M. Prance True Narr. Popish Plot 13 Pough, Pough, said Sr. Edmundbury, refusing at first to trouble himself. 1709 S. Centlivre Busie Body ii. i. 17 Sir Fran. For what? Marpl. Po'gh, for a Hundred Things. 1787 Minor 174 Pogh; thought I, why should I fear a man. 1824 J. Galt Rothelan i. vii Po! yours are as the pebble stones on the seashore to the jewels that may be bought in Ghent. 1831 W. Cobbett Gram. Eng. Lang. (new ed.) xvii. §210 Poh! Never think a man either learned or good merely on account of his being called a Doctor. 1878 C. M. Greene & S. Thompson MS Sharps & Flats iv. 18 Flat. (Wrathfully.) What! Grayhaired, sir! Retard that slander on these yellow locks or I'll break your neck! Singe. Poh! Poh! Flat. Poh! Poh! yourself sir! 1892 R. Hovey Marriage of Guenevere iii. ii, in Launcelot & Guenevere 178 Magic! Poh, David, you'll believe anything. 1997 T. Pynchon Mason & Dixon 231 Poh, Cousin,—Poh, Sir. intransitive. To utter the word or sound ‘poh’; to express contempt in this manner; in early use frequently in to pish and poh (cf. pish v. 1). In later use also transitive: to dismiss or reject summarily or contemptuously. Obsolete. Cf. pooh v. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > exclamations of contempt [interjection] prut?c1300 trutc1330 truptc1380 ahaa1400 tushc1440 puff1481 quotha?1520 ah?1526 ta ha1528 twish1577 blurt1592 gip1592 pish1592 tantia1593 (God) bless (also save) the mark1593 phah1593 marry come up1597 mew1600 pooh1600 marry muff1602 pew waw1602 ptish1602 pew1604 push1605 pshaw1607 tuh1607 pea1608 poh1650 pooh pooh1694 hoity-toity1695 highty-tighty1699 quoz?1780 indeed1834 shuck1847 skidoo1906 suck1913 zut1915 yah boo1921 pooey1927 ptui1930 snubs1934 upya1941 yah boo sucks1980 the mind > emotion > hatred > dislike > disgust > exclamation of disgust [interjection] foȝa1250 fie1297 faugh1542 ough1565 pah1592 pish1592 phah1593 paw1640 poh1650 sis1862 gick1905 ptui1930 stone (or stiffen) the crows1930 you wouldn't read about it1950 yeuch1964 barf1966 yuck1966 ick1967 yech1969 1650 R. Heath Clarastella 65 I am told you pish and pough, when e'r You any do my lines commending hear. 1722 E. Ward Poet. Entertainer iv. 31 How therefore canst thou proudly Pish and Poh, And snarl at what thy Betters say or do. 1850 S. Judd Richard Edney & Governor's Family xxvi. 283 Munk need not feign ignorance, or affect to poh the matter off; he was sufficiently conscious of the state of affairs. 1852 E. E. Stuart Let. 1 Mar. in R. Stuart et al. Stuart Lett. (1961) I. 281 I believe I wrote you that David pohed at my proposal of dividing the income into 6 equal parts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < int.v.1559 |
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