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POOP
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The rear part of a ship
Synonyms:
after part; poop; quarter; stern; tail
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("poop" is a kind of...):
back; rear (the side that goes last or is not normally seen)
Meronyms (parts of "poop"):
escutcheon ((nautical) a plate on a ship's stern on which the name is inscribed)
skeg (a brace that extends from the rear of the keel to support the rudderpost)
Holonyms ("poop" is a part of...):
ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Slang terms for inside information
Example:
is that the straight dope?
Synonyms:
dope; low-down; poop; the skinny
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("poop" is a kind of...):
details; inside information (true confidential information)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A stupid foolish person
Synonyms:
nincompoop; ninny; poop
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("poop" is a kind of...):
simple; simpleton (a person lacking intelligence or common sense)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Obscene terms for feces
Synonyms:
crap; dirt; poop; shit; shite; turd
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("poop" is a kind of...):
BM; dejection; faecal matter; faeces; fecal matter; feces; ordure; stool (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels)
Domain usage:
dirty word; filth; obscenity; smut; vulgarism (an offensive or indecent word or phrase)
Context examples:
I would rather that my Company should gather round me here on the poop, where we might abide together whatever God may be pleased to send.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He was good company, I won’t deny it, and he had wonderful polite ways with him for a sailor man, so that I think there must have been a time when he knew more of the poop than the forecastle.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I sprang up the break of the poop, and saw—Wolf Larsen.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The day may come when I shall write down all that I remember of the greatest battle ever fought upon salt water, and how my father’s gallant life was brought to an end as, with his paint rubbing against a French eighty-gun ship on one side and a Spanish seventy-four upon the other he stood eating an apple in the break of his poop.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
They have cleared the poop, and they spring into the waist.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Wolf Larsen had returned to the poop, and we stood in a silent group, watching the lights rapidly cross our bow.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
By George, lass, when this leg of mine is sound we’ll bear down for a spell to Brighton, and if there is a smarter frock than yours upon the Steyne, may I never tread a poop again.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As he spoke the seamen came swarming on to the poop and the forecastle to avoid the torrent which poured through the huge leak into the waist.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He would—I have always been proud of the fact that I discovered him, I said, turning the conversation as Wolf Larsen stepped on the poop and joined us.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
At the sides the horses were above the belly, and in the centre a man from the poop could scarce touch the deck with a seven-foot spear.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
