poop
3
9.5
- noun
- /puːp/
- Specialized
- Crew members kept watch from the high poop deck, ensuring the safety of the vessel.
- poop deck
- stand on the poop
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Watch on YouTubeSeeing your poop deck puts me at half mast.
- Seeing your poop deck puts me at half mast.
Examples
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Alonso looks up at Columbus standing on the poop deck, scrutinizing the horizon, waiting for the land to appear.
Fiction book (1992) -
We'll go up the poop deck.
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At the front of the poop deck, there were two doors and two stairways leading to the top.
Fiction book (1995) -
I'll stay out of your galley, you stay off my poop deck.
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"Now!" With surprisingly strong hands, the first mate grabbed both men and hustled them off the poop deck.
Fiction book (1992) -
Artus steeled himself as they climbed to the poop deck.
Fiction book (1992) -
Vandervecken strode the poop deck, making the lead beads of his cat-of-nine-tails dance in the wind.
Fiction book (1995) -
The crewmembers scattered to their tasks, leaving Artus alone on the poop deck with Pontifax, Skuld, and the three young sailors manning the ship's massive wheel.
Fiction book (1992) -
The captain gave orders from the poop deck as the ship sailed across the calm sea.
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During the storm, the sailors braved the wind and waves on the poop deck to maintain control.
Synonyms
3
8.9
The rear area of a ship's top deck where officers stand for ceremonies
3
9.1
A raised deck at the back of a ship where people stand
1
8.3
The rear part of a ship's deck behind the middle
Idioms
- Informal
A sign asking dog owners not to let their dogs poop on the front steps
To accidentally pass solid waste into your underwear because of fear or sickness
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Poop for the raised deck at the back of a ship comes from Old French poupe and Latin puppis, both meaning 'stern' or rear. That's why the poop is the ship's 'back' deck used for lookouts or command.