a raised structure or deck at the stern of a ship above the main deck [early French poupe from Latin puppis stern]
said of a wave or sea: to break over the stern of (a ship) verb intranssaid of a ship: to receive a wave or sea over the stern
chiefly NAmer, informal (usu in passive, often + out) to exhaust (somebody) verb intransNAmer, informal (+ out) to withdraw or fail through exhaustion, loss of courage, etc [origin unknown]
informal faeces [slang poop excrement (from Middle English poupen to blow a horn, later to break wind, defecate, of imitative origin)]