POOPING

Noun

pooping (uncountable)

(nautical) The act of a wave (or other vessel) striking the stern of a vessel.

Verb

pooping

present participle of poop

Anagrams

• 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

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



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