English-Thai Dictionary

loo

N ห้องน้ำ (คำ สแลง  ห้องส้วม  toilet hong-nam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LOO

n.A game at cards.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LOO

Loo, n. Etym: [For older lanterloo, F. lanturelu, lanturlu, name of the game; orig. , the refrain of a vaudeville. ] (a ) An old game played with five, or three, cards dealt to each player from a full pack. When five cards are used the highest card is the knave of clubs or (if so agreed upon ) the knave of trumps; --formerly called lanterloo. (b ) A modification of the game of "all fours " in which the players replenish their hands after each round by drawing each a card from the pack.

 

Loo table, a round table adapted for a circle of persons playing loo.

 

LOO

Loo, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Looed; p. pr. & vb. n. Looing.]

 

Defn: To beat in the game of loo by winning every trick. [Written also lu. ] Goldsmith.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

loo

loo 1 |lo͞o lu | ▶noun Brit. informal a toilet. ORIGIN 1940s: many theories have been put forward about the word's origin: one suggests the source is Waterloo, a trade name for iron cisterns in the early part of the century; the evidence remains inconclusive.

 

loo

loo 2 |lu lo͞o | ▶noun a gambling card game, popular from the 17th to the 19th centuries, in which a player who fails to win a trick must pay a sum to a pool. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: abbreviation of obsolete lanterloo, from French lanturlu, a meaningless song refrain.

 

Oxford Dictionary

loo

loo 1 |luː | ▶noun Brit. informal a toilet. ORIGIN 1940s: many theories have been put forward about the word's origin: one suggests the source is Waterloo, a trade name for iron cisterns in the early part of the century; the evidence remains inconclusive.

 

loo

loo 2 |luː | ▶noun [ mass noun ] a gambling card game, popular from the 17th to the 19th centuries, in which a player who fails to win a trick must pay a sum to a pool. ORIGIN late 17th cent.: abbreviation of obsolete lanterloo from French lanturlu, a meaningless song refrain.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

loo

loo /luː /名詞 複 ～s C ｟主に英 くだけて ｠便所, トイレ .