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English

Etymology

From Middle English schete; partly from Old English s??ete (“a sheet, a piece of linen cloth”); partly from Old English s??ata (“a corner, angle; the lower corner of a sail, sheet”); and Old English s??at (“a corner, angle”); all from Proto-Germanic *skautij?, *skautaz (“corner, wedge, lap”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kewd- (“to throw, shoot, pursue, rush”). Cognate with North Frisian skut (“the fold of a garment, lap, coattail”), West Frisian skoat (“sheet; sail; lap”), Dutch schoot (“the fold of a garment, lap, sheet”), German Low German Schote (“a line from the foot of a sail”), German Schoß (“the fold of a garment, lap”), Swedish sköt (“sheet”), Icelandic skaut (“the corner of a cloth, a line from the foot of a sail, the skirt or sleeve of a garment, a hood”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?i?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?it/
• Hyphenation: sheet
• Rhymes: -i?t

Noun

sheet (plural sheets)

1. A thin bed cloth used as a covering for a mattress or as a layer over the sleeper.
2. A piece of paper, usually rectangular, that has been prepared for writing, artwork, drafting, wrapping, manufacture of packaging (boxes, envelopes, etc.), and for other uses. The word does not include scraps and irregular small pieces destined to be recycled, used for stuffing or cushioning or paper mache, etc.

   Holonyms: signature, quire

   Meronyms: leaf, folium, page

3. A flat metal pan, often without raised edge, used for baking.

4. A thin, flat layer of solid material.

5. A broad, flat expanse of a material on a surface.

6. (nautical) A line (rope) used to adjust the trim of a sail.

7. (nautical, nonstandard) A sail.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Dryden to this entry?)

8. (curling) The area of ice on which the game of curling is played.
9. (nonstandard) A layer of veneer.
10. (figuratively) Precipitation of such quantity and force as to resemble a thin, virtually solid wall.
11. (geology) An extensive bed of an eruptive rock intruded between, or overlying, other strata.
12. (nautical) The space in the forward or after part of a boat where there are no rowers.

13. (video games, dated) A distinct level or stage within a game.
    • 1984 February, Sinclair Programs

      If you land safely you will gain 30 extra points and move to the next sheet.

    • 1984, Chris Passey and Matthew Uffindell, Run It Again, in Crash issue 4 [1]

      What distinguishes Eskimo Eddie from the others is that it has two totally different sheets in the game. […] In the first sheet, Frogger style, you have to rescue Percy penguin from Growler the bear.

Synonyms

• (piece of paper): page
• (line): rope
• (expanse of material): blanket, coat, coating, layer

Hyponyms

Coordinate terms

• (thin layer of solid material): film
• (expanse of material): film

Derived terms

Related terms

• hit the sheets
• three sheets to the wind
• under the sheets
• white as a sheet

Translations

References

• sheet on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Verb

sheet (third-person singular simple present sheets, present participle sheeting, simple past and past participle sheeted)

1. (transitive) To cover or wrap with cloth, or paper, or other similar material.
2. (transitive) To form into sheets.
3. (intransitive) Of rain, or other precipitation, to pour heavily.

4. (nautical) To trim a sail using a sheet.

Translations

References

• sheet in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• seeth, thees, these

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