express contempt for or derision at; to sneer or poohpooh

t. To turn aside with a pooh; to laugh contemptuously at. "[They] pooh - pooh the idea that English interests are seriously involved."- St . James' Gazette, Sept. 23, 1885. poôl (1), *pol, *poole, s . [A. S. pól , from Ir. poll , pull a hole, mire, dirt; Gael. poll =a hole, a pond, a pool; Wel. pwll =a pool; Corn. pol ; Manx poyl ; Bret. poull ; Ger. pfuhl ; cogn. with Lat. pal us marsh, a pool; Gr. pēlos =mud.] poor are pocketed, as that is a majority of the fifteen object balls. When three or more players participate the game is ended when it is impo ible for the player who has the least number of balls to get enough to equal his next highest competitor. 4. An arrangement between several competing lines of railway, by which the total receipts of each company are pooled, and distributed pro rata according to agreement. 5. A combination of persons contributing money to be used for the purpose of increasing or depre ing the market price of stocks, with a view to the settlement of differences. Also the stock or money contributed by a clique to carry through a corner. 6. A gambling enterprise participated in by several persons; the joint stake or fund contributed by such persons. II. Rifle -shooting: Firing for prizes on the arrangement that each competitor pays a certain sum for each shot, and all the proceeds of the day, after deduction of the nece ary expenses, are divided among the winners. "The entries, exclusive of pool shooting, showed a net increase of 1,579, but the pools showed the remarkable decrease of 10, 128."- London Daily Telegraph .