poop Definition

poop¹
noun

1. The raised enclosed part at the stern of old sailing ships.
2. The high deck at the stern of a ship.

Form: poop-deck

verb pooped, pooping

1. Said of a wave: to break over the stern of (a ship).
2. Said of a ship: to receive (a wave) over the stern.

Etymology: 15c: from French pupe, from Latin puppis.

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poop²
verb pooped, pooping

colloq:
1. To become winded or exhausted.

Example: Sheena was pooped after walking up the hill
2. To tire them out; to make them exhausted or winded.

Example: The swimming pooped me out
Form: poop someone out (also)
intr
3. To give up from exhaustion.

Form: poop out (usually)

Etymology: 1930s.

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poop³
poo (slang)
noun

1. Faeces.

verb

intr
pooped, pooping
1. To defecate.

Etymology: 18c in this sense; 16c meaning ‘a toot'.