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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Christopher Elliott, King Features Syndicate, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
Six rodent droppings under a sushi prep area counter, 16 pieces of poop in the dry storage area near the water heater and behind the washer and dryer, and two rodent droppings under the warewashing drain board show there’s more than just Pixie and Dixie running around the place.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
When grabbed by a predator, these dice snakes writhe, vomit and poop before finally going limp.
—Ryley Graham, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The whole place smelled of dog odor; there was dog poop in the unit and a grass pee pad that smelled of dog urine.
—Christopher Elliott, King Features Syndicate, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2025
Six rodent droppings under a sushi prep area counter, 16 pieces of poop in the dry storage area near the water heater and behind the washer and dryer, and two rodent droppings under the warewashing drain board show there’s more than just Pixie and Dixie running around the place.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
During the callback inspection, the inspector spotted nine live roaches, six dead roaches and roach poop in the same place.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025
When grabbed by a predator, these dice snakes writhe, vomit and poop before finally going limp.
—Ryley Graham, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Poop.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poop. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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