poot

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English

Etymology

Americanism, probably onomatopoeic, or connected to poop. Compare toot.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -uːt

Verb

poot (third-person singular simple present poots, present participle pooting, simple past and past participle pooted)

  1. (childish) To fart.
    Synonyms: fart, toot

Noun

poot (plural poots)

  1. (childish) A fart, perhaps a relatively quiet one.
    Synonyms: fart, toot
    • 2012, Dougie Brimson, Art of Fart, →ISBN:
      all that stretching and bending will often produce an unwitting poot or two.

Interjection

poot

  1. A mild expression of disgust or frustration.

Translations

Usage notes

  • The term is less vulgar than fart, and is accepted in some circles (speaking with children) where fart would not be.

References

Anagrams

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch poot, from Middle Dutch pôte.

Pronunciation

Noun

poot (plural pote)

  1. paw

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch pôte (“limb, claw”), further etymology unclear. The only known Germanic cognate is Middle Low German pote (itself having been borrowed as Danish pote, Norwegian Bokmål pote, Norwegian Nynorsk pote and German Pfote). Outside Germanic, Old French pote and Catalan pota may be related.

Noun

poot m (plural poten, diminutive pootje n)

  1. limb (arm or leg) of an animal (sometimes human)
    Spinnen hebben acht poten.
    Spiders have eight legs.
  2. (informal) leg or foot
    Geen poot hebben om op te staan.
    Not having a leg to stand on.
  3. (informal) hand
    Blijf met je poten van me af!
    Keep your hands off me!
  4. leg of an object, e.g. furniture
    Een kruk met drie poten.
    A stool with three legs.
  5. (derogatory) homosexual man, fag, poof (shortened form of ruigpoot)
Usage notes

Although using poot to denote limbs of humans in normally considered rude, there are some exceptions in case of idioms like Op zijn achterste poten staan. (“To get up on one's hind legs.”)

Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: poot
  • Jersey Dutch: plôt

Etymology 2

Shortened from ruigpoot.

Noun

poot m (plural poten, diminutive pootje n)

  1. (vulgar, derogatory) homosexual man
Derived terms

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

poot

  1. inflection of poten:
    1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Karao

Noun

poot

  1. consciousness

Middle English

Noun

poot

  1. Alternative form of pot

Tagalog

Noun

poót (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜓᜂᜆ᜔)

  1. wrath; intense anger; rage; indignation
    Synonyms: ngitngit, muhi, pagkamuhi
  2. hate; hatred
    Synonyms: suklam, pagksuklam

Tapachultec

Etymology

See po.

Noun

poot

  1. moon

Usage notes

  • This is the form given in Johnston's vocabulary; Lehmann says the form in the Sapper-Ricke wordlists is po.

References

  • Walter Lehmann, Über die Stellung und Verwandtschaft der Subtiaba-Sprache der pazifischen Küste Nicaraguas und über die Sprache von Tapachula in Südchiapas (1915), Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 47, presenting the wordlists of Karl Sapper, Ricke, and Amado Johnston.
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