# poo
## English
### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /puː/
* (US) IPA: /pu/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -uː

### Etymology 1

See pooh.

#### Noun

poo (countable and uncountable, plural poos)
* Alternative spelling of pooh: an instance of saying "poo".
* (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.
** 2025 (viewed), "Bowel cancer screening", NHS [UK National Health Service]
    Use a clean container to catch your poo. Do not let your poo touch the toilet water.
* (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.
** 2025 (viewed), "Bowel Dysfunction", Midlands Partnership University (NHS Foundation Trust)
    Chronic Constipation – Symptoms can be: You have to strain a lot to poo; Your poos are hard and lumpy; You feel unfinished after having a poo.
* (uncountable, slang) Cannabis resin.

##### Usage notes

In the sense of "feces", "poo" has traditionally been considered a childish word, but it is now routinely used in adult public information materials by UK public health bodies and other institutions.

##### 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
#### Verb

poo (third-person singular simple present poos, present participle pooing, simple past and past participle pooed)
* Alternative spelling of pooh: to say "poo".
* (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.
* (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

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#### Interjection

poo
* Alternative spelling of pooh: Expressing dismissal, disgust, etc.
* (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)
* (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.
* (slang) Champagne.
    Synonyms: shampoo, champers, fizz, bubbly
    Who wants another glass of poo?

##### Derived terms

* no poo
* pre-poo

##### Translations
### Etymology 3

From poodle.

#### Noun

poo (plural poos)
* 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
* 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
* thigh

## Esperanto
### Etymology

Borrowed from taxonomic name Poa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈpoo]
* Rhymes: -oo
* Hyphenation: po‧o

### Noun

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

#### Derived terms

* poacoj

## Kankanaey
### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

póo
* act of burning
* ash (of weeds), used as fertilizer

#### Derived terms

* mapooan
* pomoo
* pooan

### Noun

poó
* stump, stub, block, tree base
* source (of water, of life)
* largest of the pigs being butchered in a feast
* act of directing something to someone first

#### Derived terms

* ip-o
* ipoo
* ipooan

### References

* Morice Vanoverbergh (1933) “poo”, in A Dictionary of Lepanto Igorot or Kankanay. As it is spoken at Bauco (Linguistische Anthropos-Bibliothek; XII)‎, Mödling bei Wien, St. Gabriel, Österreich: Verlag der Internationalen Zeitschrift „Anthropos“, →OCLC, page 369
* Allen, Larry (2021) “poo”, in Kankanaey – English Dictionary‎, Summer Institute of Linguistics

## Lombard
### Etymology

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

### Adverb

poo
* little, few

## Middle English
### Noun

poo
* Alternative form of po

## Old Galician-Portuguese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈpo.o/ (uncertain)

### Noun

poo m (plural poos)
* powder (fine particles made by grinding substance)
** a. 1284, 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)
* (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: /pɔ̀.ɔ̀/

### Noun

pôô (plural dipoo)
* bull (male cow)

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /poː/

### Noun

poo
* seed, pit

### References

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

## Wolio
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pahuq.

### Noun

poo
* 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)
* iron, metal
* knife
* 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
* 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: /k͡póò/

### Noun

póò
* A bucket serving as a traditional toilet, chamber pot