Etymology: Either imitative, or < poop v.¹ Compare German regional (Low German) pūp ( > German Pup; compare Middle Low German pǖpeken, diminutive), Dutch poep ( > Afrikaans poep) act of breaking wind.In form poep after Afrikaans.

Etymology: < Middle French pupe, pope, poppe, poupe (1246 in Old French as pope, poupe; French poupe ), ultimately < an unattested post-classical Latin *puppa , alteration (perhaps after classical Latin prōra prora n., or perhaps on account of the feminine gender of puppis ) of classical Latin puppis poop, stern (see Puppis n.), perhaps via either Italian poppa (end of the 13th cent.) or Old Occitan popa (c1300). Compare post-classical Latin popa (13th cent. in an Italian source), Catalan popa (c1300), Spanish popa (c1250), Portuguese popa (15th cent.).With the phrases at sense 1c compare Middle French, French avoir vent en poupe, avoir le vent en poupe to have a favourable wind, to be in favourable circumstances (1386–89), also French vent à poupe favourable wind (1669), Italian avere il vento in poppa to be in a fortunate position (a1527). Compare the following earlier example in a multilingual document, where it is unclear whether poupe should be interpreted as showing the Middle English or the Middle French word:1405–10 Naval Acct. in B. Sandahl Middle Eng. Sea Terms (1951) I. 199 j Poupe, j fforcastell' pro Minstrell'.

Etymology: Origin unknown.

Etymology: Probably shortened < nincompoop n.

Etymology: Origin uncertain.Apparently originally a term from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The source cited in quot 1911 also records earlier uses as a verb: 1904 Howitzer (U.S. Mil. Acad.) 221 Poop, to spec blind; to memorize completely.1908 Howitzer (U.S. Mil. Acad.) 325 Poop, to be able to quote verbatim.For a suggestion about the word's origin compare:1956 M. M. Boatner Mil. Customs & Trad. 121 Poop, information of any sort, usually written (on a 'poop sheet'). Of West Point origin, probably from the fact that the cadet adjutant makes important announcments in the mess hall from a balcony known as the 'poop deck' (from its resemblance to a ship's poop deck).

Etymology: Imitative. Compare Middle Low German pūpen to break wind ( > German pupen), Dutch poepen to defecate (also ‘to copulate’).

Etymology: Origin unknown. Compare earlier pooped adj.¹Perhaps compare Dutch poep derogatory term for a German, especially a migrant worker from northern Germany (17th cent.), also ‘foreigner’ in general (1798), of uncertain origin.

Etymology: < poop n.²

Etymology: Origin uncertain. Perhaps compare poof v., poof int.