Hypertext Webster Gateway: "poop"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Poop \Poop\, n. (Arch.)
See 2d {Poppy}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
poop
n 1: obscene terms for feces [syn: {crap}, {dirt}, {shit}, {shite},
{turd}]
2: a stupid foolish person [syn: {nincompoop}, {ninny}]
3: slang terms for inside information; "is that the straight
dope?" [syn: {dope}, {the skinny}, {low-down}]
4: the rear part of a ship [syn: {stern}, {after part}, {quarter},
{tail}]
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