poot
English
Etymology
Americanism, probably onomatopoeic, or connected to poop, cf. toot.
Pronunciation
Audio (AU) (file) - Rhymes: -uːt
Verb
poot (third-person singular simple present poots, present participle pooting, simple past and past participle pooted)
- (childish, slang) To fart.
Noun
poot (plural poots)
- (childish, slang) A fart, perhaps a relatively quiet one.
- 2012, Dougie Brimson, Art of Fart, →ISBN:
- all that stretching and bending will often produce an unwitting poot or two.
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Usage notes
Much less vulgar than fart; accepted in some circles (speaking with children) where fart would not be.
Synonyms
- fart
- toot
Translations
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Anagrams
- Toop, opto-, topo, topo-
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch poot, from Middle Dutch pôte.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pʊə̯t/
Audio (file)
Noun
poot (plural pote)
- paw
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /poːt/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: poot
- Rhymes: -oːt
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)
- limb (arm or leg) of an animal (sometimes human)
- Spinnen hebben acht poten.
- Spiders have eight legs.
- (informal) leg or foot
- Geen poot hebben om op te staan.
- Not having a leg to stand on.
- (informal) 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.
- (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
- achterpoot
- driepoot
- duizendpoot
- mankepoot
- miljoenpoot
- pootafdruk
- stoelpoot
- tafelpoot
- voorpoot
Descendants
- Afrikaans: poot
- Jersey Dutch: plôt
Etymology 2
Shortened from ruigpoot.
Noun
poot m (plural poten, diminutive pootje n)
- (vulgar, derogatory) homosexual man
Derived terms
- broodpoot
- potenrammen
- potenrammer
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
poot
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of poten
- imperative of poten
Karao
Noun
poot
- consciousness
Middle English
Noun
poot
- Alternative form of pot
Tagalog
Noun
poót
- wrath; intense anger; rage; indignation
- hate; hatred
Synonyms
- (wrath): ngitngit, muhi, pagkamuhi
- (hate): suklam, pagksuklam
Tapachultec
Etymology
See po.
Noun
poot
- 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.