poop
Fecal matter; fecesFecal matter; feces.
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Meaning
8 senses(countable, informal, uncountable)Fecal matter; feces.
The dog poop is on the grass.
Kacke
кака́шкаkakáška, ка́каkáka, калkal
лайно́lajnó
obscene terms for feces
(countable, informal, uncountable)An act of defecation.
(countable, uncountable)The sound of a steam engine's whistle, typically low-pitched.
(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.
(countable, uncountable)The rear part (after end) of a ship or other vessel.
Holonyms: watercraft < vessel
For quotations using this term, see Citations:poop.
the rear part of a ship
(countable, uncountable)The poop deck.
(informal)A stupid or ineffectual person.
a stupid foolish person
(obsolete)A poppyhead finial seen on church pews and occasionally on other types of seating benches.
Examples
201 sentencesTom is pooped.
Том вимотаний. — oromashka
I don't want to clean up dog poop.
Sami's dog pooped in the attic.
Собака Семі насрав на горищі. — deniko
ruСобака Сами покакала на чердаке. — shmakozyabrik
Sami was pooping in the bathtub.
Самі какав до ванни. — deniko
ruСами какал в ванне. — shmakozyabrik
Sami the dog pooped in the attic.
Собака Семі насрав на горищі. — deniko
Translations
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Origin
Uncertain, possibly from Middle English poupen (“to make a gulping sound while drinking, bUncertain, 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.
Recorded in World War II (1941) Army slang poop sheet (“up-to-date information”), itself of uncertain origin, perhaps toilet paper (referring to etymology 1).
From Middle English poupe, pope, from Old French pope, poupe, pouppe, from Italian poppa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis, all meaning “stern of a ship”.
Uncertain, perhaps a shortening of nincompoop.
Likely from French poupe; see poppyhead.
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Forms
plural: poopsSynonyms
104 synonymsAntonyms
6 antonymsWord family
22 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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