Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

napoo

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: napoo
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Finished, dead, no more, gone; non-existent.

Slang

adj

Slang

verb

To finish; to put an end to; to kill.

British usage; Slang

intj

There is no more.

British usage; Slang

Example Sentences

"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.'"
"The war was napoo, fini, and the Rhine the end of the journey."
"‘Hey, Bill, where′s Charles?’ / ‘Napoo.’ / ‘What?’ / ‘Yes. He was out on a listening post and lit a cigarette. Sniper got him.’"
"He will napoo the rations."

Etymology

World War I British and ANZAC army slang, probably a corruption of French “il n′y a plus” (“there is no more”).

Usage

Slang
British usage

Inflected Forms

napoos (present, singular) napooing (participle, present) napooed (participle, past) napooed (past) narpoo (alternative)

Questions

What does napoo mean?: Finished, dead, no more, gone; non-existent.
Where does napoo come from?: World War I British and ANZAC army slang, probably a corruption of French “il n′y a plus” (“there is no more”).

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