pooh-pooh

• POS: Verb (transitive)

CIDE DICTIONARY

pooh-pooh, v. t. 

 To make light of; to treat with derision or contempt, as if by saying pooh! pooh!  Thackeray.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

pooh-pooh, v.tr. express contempt for; ridicule; dismiss (an idea etc.) scornfully.

Etymology

redupl. of POOH

ROGET THESAURUS

pooh-pooh

Contempt

VB despise, contemn, scorn, disdain, feel contempt for, view with a scornful eye, disregard, slight, not mind, pass by, look down upon, hold cheap, hold in contempt, hold in disrespect, think nothing of, think small beer of, make light of, underestimate, esteem slightly, esteem of small or no account, take no account of, care nothing for, set no store by, not care a straw, sneeze at, set at naught, laugh in one's sleeve, laugh up one's sleeve, snap one's fingers at, shrug one's shoulders, turn up one's nose at, pooh-pooh, damn with faint praise, whistle at, sneer at, curl up one's lip, toss the head, traiter de haut enbas, laugh at, point the finger of scorn, hold up to scorn, laugh to scorn, scout, hoot, flout, hiss, scoff at, turn one's back upon, turn a cold shoulder upon, tread upon, trample upon, trample under foot, spurn, kick, fling to the winds, send away with a flea in the ear.