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Definition loo

Etymology 1

Clipped form of halloo.

Interjection

loo

1. A cry to urge on hunting dogs.

Verb

loo (third-person singular simple present loos, present participle looing, simple past and past participle looed)

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

Etymology 2

Of uncertain etymology, although usually derived in some way from Waterloo, the site of Wellington's 1815 victory over Napoleon, likely via a pun based on water closet. Other suggested derivations include corruptions of French l'eau (“water”), lieu (“place”), lieux d'aisances (“'places of convenience': a lavatory”), lieu à l'anglaise (“'English place': a British-style lavatory”), bordalou (“a diminutive chamber pot”) or gare l'eau (“'mind the water'”), via Scots gardyloo, formerly used in Edinburgh while emptying chamber pots out of windows; the supposed use of "Room 100" as the lavatory in Continental hotels; a popularisation of lew, a regional corruption of lee (“downwind”), in reference to shepherds' privies or the former use of beakheads on that side of the ship for urination and defecation; or a clipped form of the name of the unpopular 19th-century Countess of Lichfield Lady Harriett Georgiana Louisa Hamilton Anson, who was the subject of an 1867 prank whereby her bedroom's namecard was placed on the door to the lavatory, prompting the other guests to begin speaking of "going to Lady Louisa".

Noun

loo (plural loos)

1. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.
2. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.

Etymology 6

Clipped form of lieutenant.

Noun

loo

1. Lieutenant.

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