poop Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun obscene terms for feces
    crap; dirt; shite; turd; shit.
  2. noun a stupid foolish person
    nincompoop; ninny.
  3. noun slang terms for inside information
    dope; the skinny; low-down.
    • is that the straight dope?
  4. noun the rear part of a ship
    quarter; after part; tail; stern.

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Poop noun
Definitions
  1. (Arch.) See 2d Poppy.
Poop intransitive verb
Etymology
Cf. D. poepen. See Pop.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Pooped ; present participle & verbal noun Pooping
Definitions
  1. To make a noise; to pop; also, to break wind.
Poop noun
Etymology
F. poupe; cf. Sp. & Pg. popa, It. poppa; all fr. L. puppis.
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) A deck raised above the after part of a vessel; the hindmost or after part of a vessel's hull; also, a cabin covered by such a deck. See Poop deck, under Deck. See also Roundhouse.
    With wind in poop, the vessel plows the sea. Dryden.
    The poop was beaten gold. Shak.
Poop transitive verb
Definitions
  1. (Naut.) (a) To break over the poop or stern, as a wave. "A sea which he thought was going to poop her." Lord Dufferin. (b) To strike in the stern, as by collision.

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