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poot
poot
English
Verb
poot (third-person singular simple present poots, present participle pooting, simple past and past participle pooted)
- (babytalk, slang) To fart.
Noun
poot (plural poots)
- (babytalk, slang) A fart, perhaps a relatively quiet one.
Synonyms
Usage notes
Much less vulgar than fart; accepted in some circles (speaking with children) where fart would not be.
Translations
fart
Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈ'poːt/
- Rhymes: -oːt
- Hyphenation: poot
Noun
poot m (plural poten, diminutive pootje n)
- (anatomy) limb (arm or leg) of an animal (sometimes human)
- Spinnen hebben acht poten. Spiders have eight legs.
- (slang) leg or foot
- Geen poot hebben om op te staan. Not having a leg to stand on.
- (slang) hand
- Blijf met je poten van me af! Keep your hands off me!
- leg of an object, e.g. furniture
- Een kruk met drie poten. A stool with three legs.
- (vulgar, derogatory) homosexual
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
- duizendpoot
- mankepoot
- potenrammen
- pootafdruk
- stoelpoot
- tafelpoot
Verb
poot
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of poten
- imperative of poten
Tagalog
Noun
poót
Synonyms
Tapachultec
Etymology
See po.
Noun
poot
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.