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In some senses, napoo is marked as slang, historical, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
napoo
adj 2verb 1intj 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
old, pozzy
VERB + NAPOO
dug-out, finish
NAPOO + NOUN
', rations
Definitions
adj
1
Finished, dead, no more, gone; non-existent.
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.’[…]”
2
Dead.
‘Hey, Bill, where′s Charles?’ / ‘Napoo.’ / ‘What?’ / ‘Yes. He was out on a listening post and lit a cigarette. Sniper got him.’
verb
1
To finish; to put an end to; to kill.
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?”
intj
1
There is no more.
“[…]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.[…]”
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What shall I do? / My poor old dug-out is napoo.
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“[…] 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 somethin
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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.'
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He will napoo the rations.
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“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?”
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I thought a man was lucky if he did not get napooed first trip in.
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