poop
4
9.5
- noun
- /puːp/
- Specialized
:
castillo de popa
- Crew members kept watch from the high poop deck, ensuring the safety of the vessel.
- poop deck
- stand on the poop
Seeing 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
4
8.9
The rear area of a ship's top deck where officers stand for ceremonies
2
9.1
A raised deck at the back of a ship where people stand
The rear part of a ship's deck behind the middle
Idioms
1
9.9
To accidentally pass solid waste into your underwear because of fear or sickness
- Informal
A sign asking dog owners not to let their dogs poop on the front steps
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.