Definition of "poop" []

• An enclosed superstructure at the stern of a ship. (noun)
• A poop deck. (noun)
• To break over the stern of (a ship). (verb-transitive)
• To take (a wave) over the stern. (verb-transitive)
• Slang To cause to become fatigued; tire: "Many people stop here, pooped by the short, steep climb” ( Sierra Club Guides to the National Parks). (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The stern or puppis, from which we derive the term poop, was elevated above the other parts of the deck, and here the helmsman had his seat, sheltered by a shed frequently adorned with an image of the tutelary deity of the vessel."
• "I ran up and see sh*t (lets call it poop from now on), literally, all around the kitchen floor (as he walked, it dropped)."
• "The poop is getting scarier and scarier by the minute."