poop
noun/puːp/
/puːp/
- (also poop deck)[countable] the raised part at the back end of a ship compare sternTopics Transport by waterc2
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- [uncountable] (especially North American English) (British English usually poo)(informal) a child’s word for the solid waste that is passed through the bowels
- dog poop on the sidewalk
- [uncountable] (especially North American English, old-fashioned, informal) information about something, especially the most recent news
- The website gives you the latest poop from Hollywood.
Word Originnoun sense 1 late Middle English: from Old French pupe, from a variant of Latin puppis ‘stern’. noun sense 2 early 18th cent.: imitative. noun sense 3 1940s: of unknown origin.
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