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verb (used with object) Slang.
Verb phrases 1.
to cause to become out of breath or fatigued; exhaust: Climbing that mountain pooped the whole group.
2.
poop out,
a.
to cease from or fail in something, as from fear or exhaustion: When the time for action came, they all pooped out and went home instead.
b.
to break down; stop functioning: The heater has pooped out again.
noun
1.
verb (used without object)
2.
to defecate.
Origin:
1735–45; earlier “to break wind,” probably the same word as Middle English powpen, popen to sound or blow a horn; uncertain if poop2, poop3 are sense developments or parallel expressive coinages
1735–45; earlier “to break wind,” probably the same word as Middle English powpen, popen to sound or blow a horn; uncertain if poop2, poop3 are sense developments or parallel expressive coinages
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poop1 (puːp) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a raised structure at the stern of a vessel, esp a sailing ship |
| 2. | See poop deck |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (tr) (of a wave or sea) to break over the stern of (a vessel) |
| 4. | (intr) (of a vessel) to ship a wave or sea over the stern, esp repeatedly |
| [C15: from Old French pupe, from Latin puppis poop, ship's stern] | |
| poop2 (puːp) | |
| —vb (usually foll by out) | |
| 1. | (tr; usually passive) to cause to become exhausted; tire: he was pooped after the race |
| 2. | to give up or fail, esp through tiredness: he pooped out of the race |
| [C14 poupen to blow, make a sudden sound, perhaps of imitative origin] | |
| poop3 (puːp) | |
| —n | |
| slang (US), (Canadian) | |
| a. information; the facts | |
| b. (as modifier): a poop sheet | |
| [of unknown origin] | |
| poop4 (puːp) | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to defecate |
| —n | |
| 2. | faeces; excrement |
| [perhaps related to | |
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Word Origin & History
poop
"stern deck of a ship," c.1405, from M.Fr. poupe "stern of a ship," from It. poppa, from L. puppis "poop, stern," of uncertain origin.
poop
"excrement," 1744, a children's euphemism, probably of imitative origin; 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.).
poop
"up to date information," 1941, in poop sheet, Army slang, of unknown origin, perhaps from poop (n.2).
poop
"tire out," 1931, of unknown origin, perhaps imitative of the sound of heavy breathing from exhaustion (cf. poop (n.2)).
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Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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