Loo

Word LOO
Character 3
Hyphenation loo
Pronunciations /luː/

Definitions and meanings of "Loo"

What do we mean by loo?

A card game in which each player contributes stakes to a pool. noun

A toilet. noun

A dialectal (Scotch) form of love. noun

To beat in the game of loo, as a player that has declared.

Same as halloo.

A game of cards. noun

The deposit, generally of three chips, which the players make in the pool in the game of loo. noun

An old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to each player from a full pack. When five cards are used the highest card is the knave of clubs or (if so agreed upon) the knave of trumps; -- formerly called lanterloo. noun

A modification of the game of “all fours” in which the players replenish their hands after each round by drawing each a card from the pack. noun

A round table adapted for a circle of persons playing loo. noun

To beat in the game of loo by winning every trick. transitive verb

A toilet. noun

A card game noun

To beat in the game of loo by winning every trick. verb

A hot, dusty wind in Bihar and the Punjab. noun

A toilet in Britain noun

(used with at, upon or infinitive) To urge on with cries of loo or by other shouting or outcry.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Loo

The word "loo" in example sentences

I just shook my head and headed down to what she called the loo. ❋ V.C. ANDREWS® (2000)

Not every one who uses a disabled loo is in a wheel chair, some people might want to use it for other reasons (a diabetic traffic officer who is perfectly safe if they mange their condition with insulin springs to mind). ❋ Inspector Gadget (2009)

Everything else has long since changed; the cards pulped (or worse), but at least the loo is still there. ❋ Unknown (2009)

So I ring up my doctor and make an appointment and decide, considering time away from the loo is not an option, to lash down on the bike. ❋ Unknown (2003)

The number 100 is not dissimilar in appearance to the word loo, and there were plenty of servicemen from the U.S.A. and England in Italy from 1943 onwards. ❋ Unknown (1993)

The etymology of the word loo is perhaps the greatest mystery of all in this field of vocabulary. ❋ Unknown (1993)

The bourdalou, after all, was a thing, not a place, used when the place in question -- the "loo" -- was inaccessible; used, indeed, in lieu of same. ❋ Unknown (1987)

I don’t know why no-one has thought of this before: people who don’t need to use a toilet lining up in front of a mock loo is the obvious way to tackle a global sanitation crisis. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The loo is out of the question for me as I’m usually in and out rather swiftly, but the train is probably second-best as I’m quite often in either work or homework mode. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Northerly hot winds called loo blow across the south during the day in the summer, causing dust storms with wind velocities between 60 and 110 miles per hour (mph). ❋ Unknown (2008)

It quoted a Microsoft marketing manager as saying, The Internet's so much a part of everyday life now that surfing on the loo was the next natural step. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Reading on the loo is a common habit picked up by people who were raised with newspapers in the little boy's room rather than Izal. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Four hours later and so much tea that the loo was the most visited room in the house the seat was up just in case Mr Angry needs to know. ❋ Unknown (2006)

But exposing the irrational fears of the sheltered, well-off middle classes, who gasp at anyone who calls a loo a toilet or a sofa a couch, is something at which Trollope excels. ❋ Jackie Annesley (2011)

Where else would we learn that in Singapore, not flushing the loo is a criminal offence? ❋ Reviewed By Diane Baker Mason (2011)

Since the two remaining toilets are located inside bathrooms, frequently someone is taking a shower when you need the loo, which is not much fun! ❋ Unknown (2010)

We get on really well tho, considering we have been forced to live together for the last two months, think the loo is the only time I get time to myself! ❋ Unknown (2009)

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