poop
poop Lexical Profile
poop Game Scores & Validity
• noun
Excrement or feces, or an act of defecating (used chiefly in informal or child-directed speech).
"Please remember to carry a plastic bag to clean up your dog's poop during walks in the park."
The aftermost and highest deck of a ship, especially in traditional sailing vessels where it often forms the roof of a cabin built in the stern.
"The captain stood on the poop to survey the horizon and issue orders to the crew below."
North American Up-to-date, inside, or confidential information about a subject or event (informal).
"Before the meeting started, she gave me the latest poop on the upcoming corporate merger."
• verb
To defecate or pass solid bodily waste (informal).
"The veterinarian asked if the puppy had eaten and pooped normally since the surgery."
North American To exhaust or tire someone completely, or to become completely exhausted (informal, often used in the passive or with 'out').
"Climbing the steep mountain trail in the afternoon heat completely pooped the hikers."
To break over the stern of a ship (of a heavy wave), or to take water over the stern (of a vessel).
"During the fierce gale, a massive rogue wave nearly pooped the small schooner."
Word Nuance & Usage
While the nautical sense ('poop deck') is standard technical terminology, the excretory and exhaustion senses are strictly informal and inappropriate for formal or academic writing.
• Rhymes for poop
Word Origin & Etymology
The nautical sense derives from Middle English, borrowed from Old French 'poupe' and ultimately Latin 'puppis' (stern of a ship). The informal sense referring to excrement arose from imitative roots via Middle English 'poupen' (to blow a horn or break wind) and Dutch 'poep'.