poo

See also: Appendix:Variations of "poo"

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /puː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pu/

• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -uː

Etymology 1

See pooh.

Noun

poo (countable and uncountable, plural poos)

1. Alternative spelling of pooh: an instance of saying "poo".
2. (uncountable, childish) Feces.
   • 1960, Harold Wentworth et al., Dictionary of American Slang, page 401:

     Poo... feces.

   • 2018, Brent Butt, “Sasquatch Your Language”, in Corner Gas Animated:

     Wherever legitimate tracks are found there's always some fresh scat, y'know, poo, flop, dumplings.

3. (countable, chiefly UK, 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.

Synonyms

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

Coordinate terms

• pee
• wee

Derived terms

• all fart and no poo
• cutesy-poo
• icky-poo
• pile of poo
• poo pirate
• poo poo
• poo tickets
• up poo creek

 

Translations

feces — see also feces,‎ shit,‎ stool

Afrikaans: poef Arabic: بُرَاز m (burāz), كَاكَا f (kākā), خَرَاء m (ḵarāʔ), خِرَاء m (ḵirāʔ) Hijazi Arabic: خرا m (ḵara), ككة m (kakka) Armenian: քխիկ (kʻxik), ախկո (axko), մեծ գործ (mec gorc) (euphemism, literally "big work") Assamese: হগা (hoga), গু (gu) Bengali: হাগু (bn) (hagu) Breton: kakac'h m Catalan: caca (ca) f, femta (ca) f Chinese: Cantonese: 屎 (si2), 便便 (bin6 bin6) (childish) Mandarin: 大便 (zh) (dàbiàn), 便便 (zh) (biānbiān) (childish) Danish: bæ c Dutch: poep (nl) m (also a fart) Eastern Arrernte: please add this translation if you can Estonian: kaka (et) Finnish: kakka (fi) French: caca (fr) m, popo (fr) m Galician: caca f, popó m Georgian: განავალი (ganavali), კაკა (ḳaḳa) German: Kacke (de) f Greek: κακά (el) n pl (kaká) Hebrew: קָקִי (he) (kaki), קָקָה (kaka) Hindi: टट्टी (hi) (ṭaṭṭī), मल (hi) m (mal), गू (hi) m (gū), गूह (hi) m (gūh), गुह (hi) m (guh), पाखाना (hi) m (pākhānā), विष्ठा (hi) f (viṣṭhā) Hungarian: kaki (hu) Icelandic: kúkur (is) m Ingrian: kakka Interlingua: pupu, caca Irish: cac (ga) m Italian: cacca (it) f Japanese: うんち (ja) (unchi), うんこ (ja) (unko) Korean: 응가 (ko) (eungga), 똥 (ko) (ttong) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: گوو (gû) Lao: ອຸດຈາຣະ (ʼut chā ra) Latin: faeces m pl Macedonian: ка́ка f (káka) Malay: tahi (ms) Marathi: शी f (śī), शीशी f (śīśī) Old English: meox n Ottoman Turkish: بوق (bok) Persian: پی‌پی (pi-pi) Pitjantjatjara: kuna Polish: kupa (pl) f, gówno (pl) n (shit), kał (pl) m Portuguese: totô (pt) m, cocô (pt) m, caquinha f Romanian: caca (ro) m Russian: кака́шка (ru) f (kakáška) (colloquial, childish), ка́ка (ru) f (káka) (childish), кал (ru) m (kal) (formal, medical), фека́лии (ru) f pl (fekálii) (faeces), говно́ (ru) n (govnó) (shit) Sanskrit: उच्चार (sa) m (uccāra) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ка́ка f Roman: káka (sh) f Spanish: caca (es) f, popo (es), cacota f Swedish: bajs (sv) Sylheti: ꠀꠉꠣ (aga) Tagalog: jebs, pupu, ebak Thai: อุจจาระ (th) (ùt-jaa-rá) Turkish: kaka (tr) Ukrainian: лайно́ (uk) n (lajnó) Vietnamese: phân (vi) Warlpiri: please add this translation if you can

slang: marijuana resin

Finnish: tymi (fi) French: shit (fr)

Verb

poo (third-person singular simple present poos, present participle pooing, simple past and past participle pooed)

1. Alternative spelling of pooh: to say "poo".
2. (intransitive, childish) To defecate.
   • 1975 July 6, C. James, Observer, page 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 December 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.

Synonyms

• (to shit): See Thesaurus:defecate

Coordinate terms

• pee

Translations

childish: to defecate — see also defecate,‎ poop,‎ shit

Arabic: بَرَّزَ (barraza), تَغَوَّطَ (taḡawwaṭa) Hijazi Arabic: خري (ḵiri) Assamese: Central: হাগা (haga) Eastern: হগা (hoga) Bulgarian: а́кам impf (ákam) Chinese: Cantonese: 屙臭臭 (o1 cau3 cau3) (childish) Mandarin: 拉屎 (zh) (lāshǐ), 屙屎 (zh) (ēshǐ, āshǐ) Danish: lave bæ Dutch: poepen (nl) Estonian: kakama (et), kakima Finnish: kakata (fi) French: faire caca (fr), faire popo (fr) Galician: facer caca, facer popó German: kacken (de), käckern, Aa machen (de) Greek: κάνω κακά (káno kaká) Hungarian: kakil (hu) Icelandic: kúka Irish: déan cac Japanese: うんちをする (unchi-o surú) Khmer: អ៊ឺអ៊ឺស (ʼɨɨʼɨɨh) Korean: 똥을 누다 (ttong'eul nuda) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: گوو کردن (gû kirdin), دەس بەئاوگەیاندن (des be'awgeyandin) Latin: cacare Macedonian: ка́ка impf (káka) Marathi: शी करणे (śī karṇe), हगणे (hagṇe) Norwegian: Bokmål: bæsje Ottoman Turkish: صیچمق (sıçmak) Polish: załatwiać się (pl), robić kupę (pl) Portuguese: fazer cocô (pt) Romanian: face caca Russian: ка́кать (ru) (kákatʹ) Spanish: hacer popó (es), surrar (es) (Central America), cagar (es), zurrar (es) (Mesoamerica), zurriar (es) (Central America) Swedish: bajsa (sv) Vietnamese: ỉa (vi)

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Bengali: হাগা (bn) (haga) Catalan: cagar (ca) Czech: kakat (cs) impf Dutch: kakken (nl), poepen (nl), (please verify) schijten (nl) French: faire une crotte Georgian: please add this translation if you can Hindi: हगना (hi) (hagnā) Japanese: うんちする (ja) (unchi suru), うんこする (ja) (unko suru) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: گوو کردن (gû kirdin) Latin: cacō (la) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ка́кити, ка̏кати Roman: kákiti (sh), kȁkati (sh) Spanish: hacer aguas mayores Tagalog: pagjebs

Interjection

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.’

Synonyms

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

Etymology 2

Clipping of shampoo.

Noun

poo (usually uncountable, plural poos)

1. (slang) Clipping of shampoo.
   • 2012, Melissa Schweiger, Belli Beautiful: The Essential Guide to the Safest Health and Beauty Products for Pregnancy, Mom, and Baby, Da Capo Press, →ISBN:

     Why I Cut Down on the “Poo”: A Note from Melissa […] People are saying no to “poo”—shampoo, that is. A very famous hairstylist to the stars (who has gorgeous hair himself) admits that he never washes his hair with shampoo. He’s not the only one to swear by the no-poo approach.

2. (slang) Champagne.

   Synonyms: shampoo, champers, fizz, bubbly

   Who wants another glass of poo?

Derived terms

• no poo
• pre-poo

Translations

slang: champagne

Finnish: skumppa (fi) Norwegian: Bokmål: sjampis m

Etymology 3

From poodle.

Noun

poo (plural poos)

1. A poodle crossbreed.
   • 2005, Sandra Choron, Harry Choron, Planet Dog: A Doglopedia, Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 211:

     To date, the only Poos who have received any serious attention from the AKC are the Labradoodle (Labrador Retriever and Poodle) and the Cockapoo (Cocker Spaniel and Poodle).

   • 2005, Margaret H. Bonham, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Designer Dogs, Alpha Books, →ISBN, page 88:

     There’s no club for Maltipoo breeders yet, so your best bet is to look for a breeder of other Poo dogs.

   • 2007, Renee Riva, Saving Sailor, David C. Cook, page 64:

     My sister has always wanted a little peekapoo, probably because they are kind of prissy, like she is. Personally, I never much cared for poo dogs of any kind, especially poodles. White french poodles are the worst.

   • 2013, Danielle Steel, Pure Joy, Transworld Publishers, →ISBN:

     And I looked at what I call the “poo” dogs, the currently fashionable/popular combos of cockapoo, yor-kiepoo, maltipoo, and a whole bunch of other “poos” that seemed unpredictable to me as to how big they would be, and what traits they would have of either breed.

   • 2014, Sheila Agnew, Evie Brooks in Central Park Showdown, Dublin: The O’Brien Press, →ISBN, page 87:

     ‘What kind of dog is Eddie?’ I asked curiously. ‘He’s a Westiepoo.’ ‘A what?’ ‘Westiepoo,’ repeated Nikki, ‘a West Highland White Terrier/Poodle mix. I’m pretty much obsessed with poos.’ ‘We have plenty of that round here,’ I said, ‘so you’ve come to the right place.’ ‘You might have worded that better, Nikki,’ said Max and she laughed. ‘I’m obsessed with poodle hybrids,’ Nikki explained.

   • 2017, Teresa Toten, Beware That Girl, Hot Key Books, Bonnier Zaffre Ltd, →ISBN:

     She kept the bookmarks firmly on the “poo” dogs. “Come on! Just look. They’re irresistible!” She kept scrolling through sites for Maltipoos, Shih-poos and Yorkipoos.

   • 2019, Miranda Liasson, All I Want for Christmas Is You, Forever, Hachette Book Group, →ISBN:

     Then this family came in who wanted one of those fancy poo dogs and the woman wanted to dress it up and carry it around in her purse and I...I just...

See also

• poo-uli (not etymologically related)

Anagrams

• OOP, oop

'Are'are

Noun

poo

1. pig

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Coastal Kadazan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paqa.

Noun

poo

1. thigh

Esperanto

Esperanto Wikipedia has an article on:

poo

Wikipedia ^eo

Etymology

Derived from translingual Poa, from Ancient Greek πόα (póa, “fodder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoo]
• Rhymes: -oo
• Hyphenation: po‧o

Noun

poo (accusative singular poon, plural pooj, accusative plural poojn)

1. Poa

Derived terms

• poacoj

Kankanaey

Pronunciation

• (Standard Kankanaey)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈpoʔo/ [ˈpoː.ʔo] (act of burning)
    • Rhymes: -oʔo
  • IPA^(key): /poˈʔo/ [poˈʔo] (stump, source)
    • Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: po‧o

Noun

póo

1. act of burning

Derived terms

• pooan

 

Noun

poó

1. stump, stub, block
2. source

References

• Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “poo”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎ (in English and Kankanaey), Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 369

Lombard

Etymology

Akin to Italian poco and French peu, from Latin paucus.

Adverb

poo

1. little, few

Middle English

Noun

poo

1. Alternative form of po

Old Galician-Portuguese

FWOTD – 3 April 2013

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pulvus n (with early loss of v), from Latin pulvis m, from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpo.o/ (uncertain)

Noun

poo m (plural poos)

1. powder (fine particles made by grinding substance)
   • 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 225 (facsimile):

     A Tan toſte que Saẏda foi.o Crerigo fillou a ⁊ fez logo dela poos ⁊ en ſa bolſſa guardo a

     As soon as it exited, the cleric grabbed it and soon ground it (literally: made powders of it) and stored it in his purse.

Descendants

• Galician: po
• Portuguese: pó (see there for further descendants)

Seri

Noun

poo (plural poo)

1. (archaic) collared peccary, Pecari tajacu

   Synonym: ziix ina quicös

Derived terms

• poo caacoj (“pig”)

 

References

• Moser, Mary B., Marlett, Stephen A. (2010) Comcaac quih yaza quih hant ihiip hac: cmiique iitom - cocsar iitom - maricaana iitom [Seri-Spanish-English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Hermosillo: Plaza y Valdés Editores, →ISBN, page 467.

Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ̀.ɔ̀/

Noun

pôô (plural dipoo)

1. bull (male cow)

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poː/

Noun

poo

1. seed, pit

References

• James Collins (1982) Further Notes Towards a West Makian Vocabulary‎, Pacific linguistics

Wolio

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pahuq.

Noun

poo

1. mango

References

• Anceaux, Johannes C. (1987) Wolio Dictionary (Wolio-English-Indonesian) / Kamus Bahasa Wolio (Wolio-Inggeris-Indonesia), Dordrecht: Foris

Yanomam

Etymology

Cognate to Yanomamö poo (“stone axehead of foreign make”).

Noun

poo (unclassified holonym; singulative poo a, dual poo kipë, plural poo pë)

1. iron, metal
2. knife
3. shovel

References

• Perri Ferreira, Helder (2017) Yanomama Clause Structure‎, volume 1, Utrecht: LOT, →ISBN, page 115
• Emiri, Loretta (1987) Dicionário yãnomamè-português (dialeto wakathautheri)‎, Boa Vista: Comissão Pró-Índio de Roraima, page 57

Yanomamö

Etymology

Cognate to Yanomam poo (“iron, knife, shovel”).

Noun

poo

1. stone axeheads, found in the jungle which are not made by Yanomami people, (traditionally believed to be made by ghosts)

See also

• pore

References

• Lizot, Jacques (2004) Diccionario enciclopédico de la lengua yãnomãmɨ‎ (in Spanish), Vicariato apostólico de Puerto Ayacucho, →ISBN

Yoruba

Etymology

From English po.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k͡póò/

Noun

póò

1. A bucket serving as a traditional toilet, chamber pot