loo
IPA: ɫˈu
noun
- The penalty paid to the pool in lanterloo for breaking certain rules or failing to take a trick.
- An act that prompts such a penalty.
- A game of lanterloo.
- (figuratively) Any group of people.
- (fashion, obsolete) A half-mask, particularly (historical) those velvet half-masks fashionable in the 17th century as a means of protecting women's complexion from the sun.
- (India) A hot dust-bearing wind found in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and the Punjab.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand) A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
- (UK, Australia, New Zealand) A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.
- (slang) A lieutenant.
- A surname.
- Alternative form of lanterloo: the card game. [(countable) A meaningless chant or refrain.]
verb
- (now dialect, used with at, upon or infinitive) To urge on with cries of loo or (figuratively) by other shouting or outcry.
- (transitive) To beat in the card game lanterloo.
- To pay a penalty to the pool for breaking certain rules or failing to take a trick in lanterloo.
- (figurative, now dialect) To pay any penalty to any community.
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Examples of "loo" in Sentences
- He saw at in the Battle of Loos.
- Better in the loo than at the table.
- P has separate articles for the 'loos.
- The table is loo large for the section.
- Hollering from the loo is not acceptable.
- See the avenues in the gardens of Het Loo.
- The Loo is certainly not the athletic nickname.
- No mention of Loos actually working for Sullivan.
- Big Loo was featured on the cover of the Los Lobos album Colossal Head.
- In months of May and June, Loo becomes unbearable and may cause heatstroke.
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