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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

POOP, n. [L. puppis; probably a projection.]
The highest and aftmost part of a ship's desk.
POOP, v.t. To strike upon the stern, as a heavy sea.
1. To strike the stern, as one vessel that runs her stem against another's stern.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: obscene terms for feces [syn: crap, dirt, shit, shite, poop, turd]
2: a stupid foolish person [syn: nincompoop, poop, ninny]
3: slang terms for inside information; "is that the straight dope?" [syn: dope, poop, the skinny, low-down]
4: the rear part of a ship [syn: stern, after part, quarter, poop, tail]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French pope, from Latin puppis Date: 15th century 1. obsolete stern 2. an enclosed superstructure at the stern of a ship above the main deck II. transitive verb Date: 1748 1. to break over the stern of 2. to ship (a sea or wave) over the stern III. intransitive verb Etymology: earlier, to break wind, from Middle English poupen to make a gulping sound, of imitative origin Date: circa 1903 defecate IV. noun Date: 1965 feces V. verb Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1932 transitive verb slang to put out of breath; also to tire out intransitive verb slang to become exhausted <poop out> VI. noun Etymology: perhaps from ⁴poop Date: circa 1941 slang information, scoop

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. n. & v. --n. the stern of a ship; the aftermost and highest deck. --v.tr. 1 (of a wave) break over the stern of (a ship). 2 (of a ship) receive (a wave) over the stern. Etymology: ME f. OF pupe, pope ult. f. L puppis 2. v.tr. (esp. as pooped adj.) US colloq. exhaust; tire out. Etymology: 20th c.: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Poop Poop, v. t. (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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Poop Poop, n. (Arch.) See 2d Poppy.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Poop Poop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Pooping.] [Cf. D. poepen. See Pop.] To make a noise; to pop; also, to break wind.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Poop Poop, n. [F. poupe; cf. Sp. & Pg. popa, It. poppa; all fr. L. puppis.] (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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(poops) The poop of an old-fashioned sailing ship is the raised structure at the back end of it. ...the poop deck. N-COUNT