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pooping (uncountable)
(nautical) The act of a wave (or other vessel) striking the stern of a vessel.
pooping
present participle of poop
• pogonip
Source: Wiktionary
Poop"ing, n. (Naut.)
Definition: The act or shock of striking a vessel's stern by a following wave or vessel.
Poop, n. (Arch.)
Definition: See 2d Poppy.
Poop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Pooped; p. pr. & vb. n. Pooping.] Etym: [Cf. D. poepen. See Pop.]
Definition: To make a noise; to pop; also, to break wind.
Poop, n. Etym: [F. poupe; cf. Sp. & Pg. popa, It. poppa; all fr. L. puppis.] (Naut.)
Definition: A deck raised above the after part of a vessel; the hindmost or after part of a vessel's hull; also, a cabin covered by such a deck. See Poop deck, under Deck. See also Roundhouse. With wind in poop, the vessel plows the sea. Dryden. The poop was beaten gold. Shak.
Poop, v. t. (Naut.) (a) To break over the poop or stern, as a wave. "A sea which he thought was going to poop her." Lord Dufferin. (b) To strike in the stern, as by collision.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 June 2025
(verb) raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; “underlay the plate”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.