Loo vs. Roo — What's the Difference?

A toilet

Roo is a fictional character created in 1926 by A. A. Milne and first featured in the book Winnie–the–Pooh. He is a young kangaroo (known as a joey) and his mother is Kanga.

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.

Peace; quietness.

A trick-taking card game in which each player contributes stakes to a pool and attempts to win at least one trick. A player who does not win at least one trick must add to the pool.

Rest; stillness.

A toilet.

Clipping of kangaroo

A cry to urge on hunting dogs.

To urge on with cries of loo or by other shouting or outcry.

(transitive) To beat in the card game lanterloo.

To pay a penalty to the pool for breaking certain rules or failing to take a trick in lanterloo.

To pay any penalty to any community.

: the card game.

The penalty paid to the pool in lanterloo for breaking certain rules or failing to take a trick.

An act that prompts such a penalty.

A game of lanterloo.

(figuratively) Any group of people.

A half-mask, particularly those velvet half-masks fashionable in the 17th century as a means of protecting women's complexion from the sun.

(India) A hot dust-bearing wind found in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and the Punjab.

A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.

A toilet: a fixture used for urination and defecation.

(slang) A lieutenant.

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.

To beat in the game of loo by winning every trick.

A toilet in England