different between protester vs poo

English

Alternative forms

• protestor

Etymology

From protest +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /p???test??/, /?p?o?test??/

Noun

protester (plural protesters)

1. One who protests, either alone or in a public display of group feeling.

2. (law) One who protests a bill of exchange, or note.
   • 1997, Charles Evan Stewart, Transnational Contracts (volume 1, page 96)

     The protester must also draw up an affidavit containing the literal reproduction of the bill with its acceptance, endorsements, guarantee by endorsement ("aval"), and anything else contained in the note […]

Hyponyms

• tax protester
• demonstrator

Translations

See also

• dissenter
• dissident

Anagrams

• potterers, reportest

French

Etymology

From Latin pr?test?r?, present active infinitive of pr?testor, from pr? + testor, from testis (“witness”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.t?s.te/

Verb

protester

1. to protest; to object

Conjugation

Further reading

• “protester” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

pr?tester

1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of pr?testor

Middle French

Verb

protester

1. to claim

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

protester m

1. indefinite plural of protest

Verb

protester

1. imperative of protestere

Swedish

Noun

protester

1. indefinite plural of protest

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pu/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pu?/
• Rhymes: -u?

Etymology 1

See pooh.

Noun

poo (countable and uncountable, plural poos)

1. Alternative spelling of pooh: an instance of saying "poo".
2. (uncountable, childish) Feces.
   • 1960, Harold Wentworth & al., Dictionary of American Slang, p. 401:

     Poo... feces.

   • 2018 Brent Butt, "Sasquatch Your Language", Corner Gas Animated:

     Wherever legitimate tracks are found there's always some fresh scat, y'know, poo, flop, dumplings.

3. (countable, chiefly Britain, childish) A piece of feces or an act of defecation.
   • June 22 1981, The Guardian, p. 8:

     That doggy's doing a poo.

4. (uncountable, slang) Cannabis resin.
5. (uncountable, slang) Champagne.

Synonyms

• (shit): See Thesaurus:feces
• (defecation): See Thesaurus:defecation

Coordinate terms

• pee
• wee

Translations

Verb

poo (third-person singular simple present poos, present participle pooing, simple past and past participle pooed)

1. Alternative spelling of pooh: to say "poo".
2. (intransitive, childish) To defecate.
   • 1975 July 6, C. James, Observer, p. 23:

     The dog practically has to poo on his shoe before he can make the pinch.

3. (transitive, childish) To dirty something with feces.
   • 1989 Dec. 11, The Mercury:

     Most babies I knew then had on introduction either howled or pooed their pants.

   • 2003 March 13, The Sun:

     We all know what happened to them—they... poohed their pants.

Coordinate terms

• pee

Synonyms

• (to shit): See Thesaurus:defecate

Translations

Interjection

poo

1. Alternative spelling of pooh: Expressing dismissal, disgust, etc.
2. (euphemistic) Expressing annoyance, frustration, etc.: a minced oath for 'shit'.
   • 1986 January 12, Chicago Tribune, page 3c:

     Petulant and pouty, Stephanie herself says things like, ‘Oh, poo.’

Synonyms

• (expressing annoyance, etc): See Thesaurus:dammit

Etymology 2

Clipping of shampoo.

Noun

poo (uncountable)

1. Short for shampoo.

Derived terms

• pre-poo

Anagrams

• OOP, oop

'Are'are

Noun

poo

1. pig

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from translingual Poa, from Ancient Greek ??? (póa, “fodder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?poo/
• Hyphenation: po?o
• Rhymes: -oo

Noun

poo (accusative singular poon, plural pooj, accusative plural poojn)

1. Poa

Derived terms

• poacoj

Middle English

Noun

poo

1. Alternative form of po

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *pulus, from earlier *pulvus, from Latin pulvis (“powder; dust”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.o/

Noun

poo m (plural poos)

1. powder (fine particles made by grinding substance)

   • A Tan to?te que Sa?da foi.o Crerigo fillou a ? fez logo dela poos ? en ?a bol??a guardo a

     As soon as it exited, the cleric grabbed it and soon ground it (literally: made powders of it) and stored it in his purse.

Descendants

• Galician: po
• Portuguese: pó
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: po

Seri

Noun

poo

1. (archaic) collared peccary, Pecari tajacu

   Synonym: ziix ina quicös

Derived terms

• poo caacoj

Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.??/

Noun

pôô (plural dipoo)

1. bull (male cow)