different between poopy vs poo

English

Alternative forms

• poopie (noun only)

Etymology

• (noun) baby talk variant of poop (excrement).
• (adjective) Originated 1957, perhaps by shortening nincompoop or as a euphemism for shitty; see poop.

Pronunciation

Adjective

poopy (comparative more poopy, superlative most poopy)

1. (slang) depressed, weak, or worthless.
2. (informal, slang) Dirty with feces.

Noun

poopy (countable and uncountable, plural poopies)

1. (slang, childish) excrement.

References

• "poopy" in the Webster's New Millennium Dictionary of English, Preview Edition (v 0.9.6), Lexico Publishing Group, 2003-2005.

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pu/
• (US) IPA^(key): /pu?/
• Rhymes: -u?

Etymology 1

See pooh.

Noun

poo (countable and uncountable, plural poos)

1. Alternative spelling of pooh: an instance of saying "poo".
2. (uncountable, childish) Feces.
   • 1960, Harold Wentworth & al., Dictionary of American Slang, p. 401:

     Poo... feces.

   • 2018 Brent Butt, "Sasquatch Your Language", Corner Gas Animated:

     Wherever legitimate tracks are found there's always some fresh scat, y'know, poo, flop, dumplings.

3. (countable, chiefly Britain, childish) A piece of feces or an act of defecation.
   • June 22 1981, The Guardian, p. 8:

     That doggy's doing a poo.

4. (uncountable, slang) Cannabis resin.
5. (uncountable, slang) Champagne.

Synonyms

• (shit): See Thesaurus:feces
• (defecation): See Thesaurus:defecation

Coordinate terms

• pee
• wee

Translations

Verb

poo (third-person singular simple present poos, present participle pooing, simple past and past participle pooed)

1. Alternative spelling of pooh: to say "poo".
2. (intransitive, childish) To defecate.
   • 1975 July 6, C. James, Observer, p. 23:

     The dog practically has to poo on his shoe before he can make the pinch.

3. (transitive, childish) To dirty something with feces.
   • 1989 Dec. 11, The Mercury:

     Most babies I knew then had on introduction either howled or pooed their pants.

   • 2003 March 13, The Sun:

     We all know what happened to them—they... poohed their pants.

Coordinate terms

• pee

Synonyms

• (to shit): See Thesaurus:defecate

Translations

Interjection

poo

1. Alternative spelling of pooh: Expressing dismissal, disgust, etc.
2. (euphemistic) Expressing annoyance, frustration, etc.: a minced oath for 'shit'.
   • 1986 January 12, Chicago Tribune, page 3c:

     Petulant and pouty, Stephanie herself says things like, ‘Oh, poo.’

Synonyms

• (expressing annoyance, etc): See Thesaurus:dammit

Etymology 2

Clipping of shampoo.

Noun

poo (uncountable)

1. Short for shampoo.

Derived terms

• pre-poo

Anagrams

• OOP, oop

'Are'are

Noun

poo

1. pig

References

• Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Esperanto

Etymology

Derived from translingual Poa, from Ancient Greek ??? (póa, “fodder”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?poo/
• Hyphenation: po?o
• Rhymes: -oo

Noun

poo (accusative singular poon, plural pooj, accusative plural poojn)

1. Poa

Derived terms

• poacoj

Middle English

Noun

poo

1. Alternative form of po

Old Portuguese

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *pulus, from earlier *pulvus, from Latin pulvis (“powder; dust”), from Proto-Indo-European *pel- (“flour, dust”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.o/

Noun

poo m (plural poos)

1. powder (fine particles made by grinding substance)

   • A Tan to?te que Sa?da foi.o Crerigo fillou a ? fez logo dela poos ? en ?a bol??a guardo a

     As soon as it exited, the cleric grabbed it and soon ground it (literally: made powders of it) and stored it in his purse.

Descendants

• Galician: po
• Portuguese: pó
  • Guinea-Bissau Creole: po

Seri

Noun

poo

1. (archaic) collared peccary, Pecari tajacu

   Synonym: ziix ina quicös

Derived terms

• poo caacoj

Tswana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p??.??/

Noun

pôô (plural dipoo)

1. bull (male cow)