pooh-pooh

pooh-pooh
v
1. disdain, scorn, slight, dismiss lightly, make little of, turn one's back on, fleer, curl one's lip, turn one's nose up at, Inf. give [s.o.] the cold shoulder or the fish eye; reject, dismiss, dismiss out of hand, dismiss with a sneer, dismiss as unworthy of consideration, point the finger of scorn at, point at, hold up to scorn, make light of, sneer at, scoff at.
2. disparage, twit, taunt, scout, flout, deride; grin at, mock, revile, laugh in [s.o.'s] face, jeer, jape, make fun of; ridicule, Sl. pan, Sl. razz; gibe, poke fun at, laugh at, hoot, hiss, rail at, banter, chaff, Sl. dump on, Sl. rank out.

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