pooh-bah
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noun, often capitalized P&B \ˈpü-ˌbä, -ˌbȯ\Definition of POOH-BAH
1
: a person holding many public or private offices
2
: a person in high position or of great influence
See Variants of POOH-BAH
pooh–bah also poo–bah \ˈpü-ˌbä, -ˌbȯ\
Origin of POOH-BAH
Pooh-Bah, character in Gilbert and Sullivan's opera The Mikado (1885) bearing the title Lord-High-Everything-Else
First Known Use: 1888
Related to POOH-BAH
- Synonyms
- big, big boy, big cheese, bigfoot, biggie, big gun, big leaguer, big-timer, big wheel, bigwig, fat cat, heavy, heavy hitter, heavyweight, high-muck-a-muck (or high-muckety-muck), honcho, kahuna, kingfish, kingpin, major leaguer, muckety-muck (also muck-a-muck or mucky-muck), nabob, nawab, nibs, nob [chiefly British], pooh-bah (also poo-bah), wheel
- Antonyms
- lightweight, nobody, nonentity, nothing, shrimp, twerp, whippersnapper, zero, zilch
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