pooped; pooping; poops
informal
: defecate
So while my wife's horse trotted briskly off into the scenery, looking for low branches to run under, my horse just stood there, eating and pooping …—
Dave Barry
Dave Barry1
2
informal
: the act of defecating
I have a complaint against dog owners that take their dogs for a walk but do not take a bag, then let their dog stop by people's mailboxes and take a poop.—Billie Johnston
Billie Johnston
pooped; pooping; poops
slang
: to become exhausted
poop out
slang
: to put out of breath
also
: to tire out
1
: an enclosed superstructure at the stern of a ship above the main deck
2
obsolete
: stern
pooped; pooping; poops
slang
: information, scoop
Synonyms
Examples of poop in a Sentence
Noun (1)
the mother cat carefully cleaned poop off her newborn kitten's bottom
Noun (3)
the poop was that the ship would be headed to the war zone within a matter of weeks
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
What an absolute joy to see a pack of motley mutts trotting around St. Ann’s Warehouse, promenaded by everyone from Sandra Bernhard to Naomi Fry wearing matching toile puffers and beaded poop bag carriers.
—Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
Everybody poops, but how often people go could reveal a lot about their long-term health, according to research published Tuesday in the journal Cell Reports Medicine.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 16 July 2024
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Noun
It is not known who is behind any of the statues, though The Washington Post revealed that the National Park Service permit for the poop monument was sent by filmmaker Julia Jimenez-Pyzik.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
What an absolute joy to see a pack of motley mutts trotting around St. Ann’s Warehouse, promenaded by everyone from Sandra Bernhard to Naomi Fry wearing matching toile puffers and beaded poop bag carriers.
—Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
Verb
The night starts off lightheartedly enough with aggrieved vice-principal Mr. Pearson calling 9-1-1 to demand firefighters extinguish the bag of flaming dog poop on his porch.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2024
Everybody poops, but how often people go could reveal a lot about their long-term health, according to research published Tuesday in the journal Cell Reports Medicine.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 16 July 2024
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“Poop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poop. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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