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- [poo, poo bah, ba]
- /pu, pʊ bɑ, bæ/
- /puː bɑː/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [poo, poo bah, ba]
- /pu, pʊ bɑ, bæ/
Definitions of pooh-bah word
- noun pooh-bah a person who holds several positions, especially ones that give him or her bureaucratic importance. 1
- noun pooh-bah a leader, authority, or other important person: one of the pooh bahs of the record industry. 1
- noun pooh-bah a pompous, self-important person. 1
- noun pooh-bah a pompous self-important official holding several offices at once and fulfilling none of them 0
- noun pooh-bah an official or leader who maintains full control as by holding several offices 0
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Origin of pooh-bah
First appearance:
before 1880 One of the 23% newest English words
First recorded in 1880-85; after a character in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, who holds all of the high offices of state simultaneously and uses them for personal gain
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Parts of speech for Pooh-bah
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
pooh-bah popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
Synonyms for pooh-bah
noun pooh-bah
- bigwig — If you refer to an important person as a bigwig, you are being rather disrespectful.
- high-up — holding a high position or rank.
- hotdog — to perform unusual or very intricate maneuvers in a sport, especially surfing or skiing.
- important — of much or great significance or consequence: an important event in world history.
Antonyms for pooh-bah
noun pooh-bah
- commoner — In countries which have a nobility, commoners are the people who are not members of the nobility.
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