1
: an old card game in which the winner of each trick or a majority of tricks takes a portion of the pool while losing players are obligated to contribute to the next pool
2
: money staked at loo
looed; looing; loos
: to obligate to contribute to a new pool at loo for failing to win a trick
chiefly British
Examples of loo in a Sentence
Noun (2)
he inquired as to whether there was a loo anywhere in the building
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Literary Hub, 3 Oct. 2025
Read on as two experts speak to five categories of personal care belongings that should probably live somewhere other than the loo.
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
Those who did spent significantly more time on the loo than people who left their smartphones outside the bathroom.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
One time, Mick Taylor, the bony, long-haired guitarist for the Rolling Stones, asked Marian where the loo was.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
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Noun
In the back yard of Glackens’s loos, the flagstone was damp underfoot.
—Literary Hub, 3 Oct. 2025
Read on as two experts speak to five categories of personal care belongings that should probably live somewhere other than the loo.
—Sarah Lyon, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
Those who did spent significantly more time on the loo than people who left their smartphones outside the bathroom.
—Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
One time, Mick Taylor, the bony, long-haired guitarist for the Rolling Stones, asked Marian where the loo was.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for loo
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“Loo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/loo. Accessed 12 Oct. 2025.
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