poop

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
10
Letters
4
Pronunciation
/ˈpuːp/

Definition of poop

20 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (intransitive, obsolete)To make a short blast on a horn.
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verb

  1. (intransitive, obsolete)To make a short blast on a horn.
  2. (intransitive, obsolete)To break wind.
  3. (informal, intransitive)To defecate.
    “His horse pooped right in the middle of the parade.”
  4. (informal, intransitive, transitive)To defecate.
    “You might want a spare change of underwear in case you poop your pants.”
  5. (informal, intransitive, reflexive)To defecate.
    “You'll poop yourself if you have to walk all five miles home without stopping.”
  6. (transitive)To tire, exhaust.
    “I'm pooped from working so hard.”
  7. (reflexive)(with out) To become tired and exhausted.
    “He pooped out a few strides from the finish line.”
  8. (transitive)To break seawater with the poop (stern) of a vessel, especially the poop deck.
  9. (transitive)To break over the stern of (a vessel).
    “We were pooped within hailing of the quay and were nearly sunk.”
    “Another night, as we were scudding before a heavy gale of wind, and a tremendous sea rolling after us, we had the misfortune to be pooped, as the phrase is, by a wave or sea striking our stern, which stove in the cabin-windows, and rushing impetuously through the cabin, and along the main-deck, bore down all before it.”
    “Pooping is a hazard of another nature, and is also peculiar to the process of scudding. It merely means the ship's being overtaken by waters while running from them, when the crest of a sea, broken by the resistance, is thrown inboard over the taffrail or quarter.”

noun

  1. (countable, informal, uncountable)Fecal matter; feces.
    “The dog poop is on the grass.”
  2. (countable, informal, uncountable)An act of defecation.
    “‘I’m goin’ down the backyard for me mornin’ poop.’”
  3. (countable, uncountable)The sound of a steam engine's whistle, typically low-pitched.
    “Two minutes passed - five - seven - ten. "Poop! Poop!" Everyone knew that whistle, and a mighty cheer went up as the Queen's train glided into the station.”
  4. (Internet, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable)Ellipsis of YouTube poop (“video mashup”).
    “The resulting video (called a “poop”) subverts its original content by slicing and dicing the video and audio, adding visual effects, and mashing several videos into one.”
    “And nobody really set out to design YTP to work this way—only a fraction of YTPs ever succeed in releasing enough neurochemicals, and those are the videos that get elevated and then remixed into a new round of poops.”
  5. (uncountable)A set of data or general information, written or spoken, usually concerning machinery or a process.
    “Here’s the info paper with the poop on that carburetor.”
    “If Exxon has already made a find, and someone knows about it, they'd be the most likely to be directing the show. We just need to discover who has ties to the D.O.F and is close enough to Exxon to have the inside poop.”
  6. (countable, uncountable)The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.
    “Holonyms: watercraft < vessel”
    “For quotations using this term, see Citations:poop.”
  7. (countable, uncountable)The poop deck.
    “Omens thicken upon us […] Next, the stumbling of the King whenas he went upon the poop of the long ship which bare us on this voyage to these islands.”
  8. (informal)A stupid or ineffectual person.
    “Aside from battles, the history of nations seemed to consist of nothing but powerless old poops like myself, heavily medicated and vaguely beloved in the long ago, coming to kiss the boots of young psychopaths.”
  9. (obsolete)A poppyhead finial seen on church pews and occasionally on other types of seating benches.
  10. (alt-of, countable, uncountable)Alternative letter-case form of poop (“video mashup”).
    ““Poopisms” are the common techniques and tricks used in videos to ensure they qualify as a true Poop.”
    “The following year, when YouTube made its grand debut as an online video sharing and social media service, Poops infiltrated the platform and gripped the internet.”

intj

  1. (childish, euphemistic)Expressing annoyed disappointment.
    “Poop. The copier's broken again.”
    “I don't need him for a friend. I can have fun by myself! ... Poop.”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly from Middle English poupen (“to make a gulping sound while drinking, blow on a horn, toot”). Compare Dutch poepen (“to defecate”), German Low German pupen (“to fart; break wind”). Also representing poo pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end.

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