Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

shih-poo

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.85 in modern English

Syllables: shi-h-poo
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of shihpoo.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of shih-poo.

noun

Alternative letter-case form of shih-poo.

Example Sentences

"Pretty soon, with poodles as the go-to sire dog, there were goldendoodles, cockapoos, Airedoodles, bich-poos, bassetoodles, shih-poos."
"He also had a love of animals, especially dogs; his most recent a shih-poo named “Shash”, was surely his favorite."
"Crystal, a shih-poo, cools off in a wading pool while her owner, Kathy Maynard, tends to a Pekingese named Chloe, background, at the park."

Etymology

Stylized after the capitalized Shih Tzu, shih becomes Shih and therefore Poo follows suit.

Inflected Forms

shih-poos (plural)

Questions

What does shih-poo mean?: Alternative form of shihpoo.
Where does shih-poo come from?: Stylized after the capitalized Shih Tzu, shih becomes Shih and therefore Poo follows suit.

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