Definition of "loo" in English

noun

1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.

2. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.

interjection

1. A cry to urge on hunting dogs.

verb

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

noun

1. Alternative form of lanterloo: the card game.

   • Yet, ladies are seldom at ombre or lue sick.

2. The penalty paid to the pool in lanterloo for breaking certain rules or failing to take a trick.

3. An act that prompts such a penalty.

4. A game of lanterloo.

5. (figuratively) Any group of people.

verb

1. (transitive) To beat in the card game lanterloo.

2. To pay a penalty to the pool for breaking certain rules or failing to take a trick in lanterloo.

3. (figurative, now dialect) To pay any penalty to any community.

noun

1. (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.

noun

1. (India) A hot dust-bearing wind found in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and the Punjab.

noun

1. (US, military, slang) A lieutenant.