napoo
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Is napoo a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle Yes
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (military slang, now historical) Finished, dead, no more, gone; non-existent.Examples: "What shall I do? / My poor old dug-out is napoo."; "“[…] It seems scrounging for fuel ’ad reached such a pitch in the village […] But our washing ’ad to be done, ’an I thought if I got the whole of this football team scrounging they might find something as everyone else ’ad overlooked.[…]” / “‘Very well,’ says I, ‘San fairy ann. Napoo washing—napoo ball.’[…]”"; "One afternoon the corps was due to shift, so that morning the cook said to the Turco, giving him his farewell tin: 'Oh la, la, Johnny, napoo pozzy tomorrow.'"historicalnot-comparableslang
2. (military slang, now historical) Dead.Examples: "‘Hey, Bill, where′s Charles?’ / ‘Napoo.’ / ‘What?’ / ‘Yes. He was out on a listening post and lit a cigarette. Sniper got him.’"historicalnot-comparableslang
verb (English)
1. (UK, military, slang) To finish; to put an end to; to kill.Examples: "He will napoo the rations."; "“The general says that if you are wise you will leave before the cannons come. Otherwise you′ll get ‘napooed,’ ” and he made an expressive gesture. “Compris?”"; "I thought a man was lucky if he did not get napooed first trip in."UKslang
intj (English)
1. (UK, military, slang) There is no more.Examples: "“[…]Finish! Napoo!” and he spread his hands expressively, holding the cup upside down with the cloth hanging out of it, before he went on: “But it hasn't come to that yet.[…]”"UKslang
Definition source: Wiktionary