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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu?p/
• Rhymes: -u?p

Etymology 1

Origin uncertain, possibly from Middle English poupen (“to make a gulping sound while drinking, blow on a horn, toot”). Compare Dutch poepen (“to defecate”), German Low German pupen (“to fart; break wind”).

Verb

poop (third-person singular simple present poops, present participle pooping, simple past and past participle pooped)

1. (obsolete, intransitive) To make a short blast on a horn [from late 14th c.]

   Synonym: toot

2. (obsolete, intransitive) To break wind. [from 18th c.]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:flatulate

3. (informal, childish, intransitive) To defecate.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:defecate

Translations

Noun

poop (countable and uncountable, plural poops)

1. (informal, often childish) Fecal matter, feces. [from the 18th c.]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:feces

2. The sound of a steam engine's whistle; typically low pitch.
   • 2001, Rev. W. Awdry, Thomas the tank engine collection : a unique collection of stories from the railway series - p. 157 - Egmont Books, Limited, Aug 15, 2001

     Two minutes passed - five - seven - ten. "Poop! Poop!" Everyone knew that whistle, and a mighty cheer went up as the Queen's train glided into the station.

Derived terms

• pooper
• pooper scooper
• poopsicle
• YouTube poop

Translations

Interjection

poop

1. (childish, euphemistic) Expressing annoyed disappointment.

Etymology 2

Recorded in World War II (1941) Army slang poop sheet (“up-to-date information”), itself of uncertain origin, perhaps toilet paper referring to etymology 2.

Noun

poop (uncountable)

1. A set of data or general information, written or spoken, usually concerning machinery or a process.

Etymology 3

Origin uncertain, perhaps sound imitation.

Verb

poop (third-person singular simple present poops, present participle pooping, simple past and past participle pooped)

1. (transitive) To tire, exhaust. Often used with out. [from early 20th c.]

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:tire

Translations

Etymology 4

From Middle English poupe, pope, from Old French pope, poupe, pouppe, from Italian poppa, from Vulgar Latin *puppa, from Latin puppis, all meaning “stern of a ship”.

Alternative forms

• poup, poupe, puppe (obsolete)

Noun

poop (countable and uncountable, plural poops)

2. (nautical) The stern of a ship.

   Synonym: stern

   Antonym: bow

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:poop.
3. (nautical) The poop deck.

Derived terms

• poop deck

Translations

Verb

poop (third-person singular simple present poops, present participle pooping, simple past and past participle pooped)

1. (transitive) To break seawater with the poop of a vessel, especially the poop deck.
2. (transitive) To embark a ship over the stern.

Etymology 5

Origin uncertain, perhaps a shortening of nincompoop.

Noun

poop (plural poops)

1. A slothful person.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:idler

Translations

Anagrams

• oppo, po-po, popo

English

Etymology

From Middle English mappe (also as mappel), perhaps borrowed from Walloon mappe (“napkin”), from Latin mappa (“napkin, cloth”). Believed to be from a Semitic source, variously claimed as Phoenician or Punic (the latter by Quintilian). Compare Modern Hebrew ???? (mapá, “a map; a cloth”) (shortened from menaphah a fluttering banner, streaming cloth). More at map.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /m?p/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /m?p/
• Rhymes: -?p

Noun

mop (plural mops)

1. An implement for washing floors or similar, made of a piece of cloth, or a collection of thrums, or coarse yarn, fastened to a handle.
2. A wash with a mop; the act of mopping.

3. (humorous) A dense head of hair.

4. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) A fair where servants are hired.
5. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) The young of any animal.
6. (Britain, dialect, obsolete) A young girl; a moppet.
7. A made-up face; a grimace.

   • What mops and mowes it makes! --

   • 1610, William Shakespeare, The Tempest, act 4 scene 1

     Before you can say 'Come' and 'Go,'

     And breathe twice; and cry 'so, so,'

     Each one, tripping on his toe,

     Will be here with mop and mow.

8. (African-American Vernacular, MLE, slang) A firearm particularly if it has a large magazine (compare broom, but still can be related to MP)

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:firearm

Derived terms

• mophead
• mop squeezer
• mop water

Descendants

• German: Mopp

Translations

Verb

mop (third-person singular simple present mops, present participle mopping, simple past and past participle mopped)

1. (transitive) To rub, scrub, clean or wipe with a mop, or as if with a mop.

2. (intransitive) To make a wry expression with the mouth.
3. (US, slang) To shoplift.
   • 2013, Martha Gever, ?Pratibha Parmar, ?John Greyson, Queer Looks (page 111)

     By “mopping” (stealing) the clothes and accessories necessary to effect their look, or by buying breasts, reconstructed noses, lifted chins, and female genitals, the children turn traditional ideas of labor around: […]

Translations

References

• (fair where servants are hired): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

• MPO, OPM, PMO, POM, Pom, pom

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /m?p/
• Hyphenation: mop
• Rhymes: -?p

Etymology 1

The now-obsolete sense brick, attested from the 17th century, appears to be the oldest, with the sense cookie following in the 18th century. The exact relationship between the various later senses is unclear. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

mop m (plural moppen, diminutive mopje n)

1. a joke, jest
2. a tune, melody
3. a type of cookie
4. (endearing, often in the diminutive) a woman or girl
5. (obsolete) a brick

Usage notes

• The use as an affectionate term of address is often as a diminutive, and specifically in the non-standard form moppie. The standard diminutive mopje is never used for this sense.

Synonyms

• grap

Derived terms

• Belgenmop
• kloostermop
• moppenboek
• moppentrommel
• Nederlandermop

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English mop.

Noun

mop m (plural mops, diminutive mopje n)

1. a mop (an implement for washing floors, etc.)

   Synonym: zwabber, dekzwabber

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

mop

1. first-person singular present indicative of moppen
2. imperative of moppen