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[poop] /pup/

noun
1.
a superstructure at the stern of a vessel.
2.
.
verb (used with object)
3.
(of a wave) to break over the stern of (a ship).
4.
to take (seas) over the stern.
[poop] /pup/
verb (used with object), Slang.
1.
to cause to become out of breath or fatigued; exhaust:
Climbing that mountain pooped the whole group.
Verb phrases
2.
poop out,

[poop] /pup/
noun, Slang.
1.
relevant information, especially a candid or pertinent factual report; low-down:
Send a reporter to get the real poop on that accident.
[poop] /pup/ Slang.
noun
1.
.
verb (used without object)
2.
to defecate.
[poop] /pup/
noun, Slang.
1.
.
2.
a stupid, fussy, or boring person.
/puːp/
noun
1.
a raised structure at the stern of a vessel, esp a sailing ship
2.
See poop deck
verb
3.
(transitive) (of a wave or sea) to break over the stern of (a vessel)
4.
(intransitive) (of a vessel) to ship a wave or sea over the stern, esp repeatedly
/puːp/
verb (US & Canadian, slang)
1.
(transitive; usually passive) to cause to become exhausted; tire: he was pooped after the race
2.
(intransitive) usually foll by out. to give up or fail, esp through tiredness: he pooped out of the race
/puːp/
noun
1.
(US & Canadian, slang)

/puːp/
verb (intransitive)
1.
to defecate
noun
2.
faeces; excrement
n.

“stern deck of a ship,” c.1400, from Middle French poupe “stern of a ship” (14c.), from Old Provençal or Italian poppa, from Latin puppis “poop, stern,” of uncertain origin. Poop deck attested by 1779.

“excrement,” 1744, a children’s euphemism, probably of imitative origin. The verb in this sense is from 1903. Cf. the same word in the sense “to break wind softly,” attested from 1721, earlier “to make a short blast on a horn” (late 14c.). Meaning “stupid or dull person” is from 1915. Pooper-scooper attested from 1970.

“up-to-date information,” 1941, in poop sheet, U.S. Army slang, of unknown origin, perhaps from poop (n.2).
v.

“become tired,” 1931, of unknown origin (see pooped). Related: Pooping.

noun

Information; data; scoop: The girl’s given us the complete poop

Related Terms

poop sheet (1930s+ Army & students)

noun

verb

[probably fr a merging of 14th-century poupen, ”to toot,” with 15th-century poop, ”the rear part of a ship,” fr Latin puppis of the same meaning; the fatigue sense may be related to the condition of a ship that is pooped, ”has taken a wave over the stern”]