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Definition of poop noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

poop

noun
 
/puːp/
 
/puːp/
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  1. (also poop deck)
     [countable] the raised part at the back end of a ship compare sternTopics Transport by waterc2
  2. [uncountable] (especially North American English)
    (British English usually poo)
    (informal) a child’s word for the solid waste that is passed through the bowels
    • dog poop on the sidewalk
  3. [uncountable] (especially North American English, old-fashioned, informal) information about something, especially the most recent news
    • The website gives you the latest poop from Hollywood.
    4. Word Originnoun sense 1 late Middle English: from Old French pupe, from a variant of Latin puppis ‘stern’. noun sense 2 early 18th cent.: imitative. noun sense 3 1940s: of unknown origin.
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