Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Naut.) The act or shock of striking a vessel's stern by a following wave or vessel.
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- noun nautical The act of a
wave (or othervessel ) striking thestern of a vessel. - verb Present participle of
poop .
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Examples
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If prodigious pooping is possible, then I think both Kendra and I should go on the fast … since we are both known for our deficiencies in defecating.
Things you will discover on the lemon cleanse. « A Bird’s Nest 2007
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"How I Met Your Mother" where they call pooping at work "reading a magazine" ...
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"How I Met Your Mother" where they call pooping at work "reading a magazine" ...
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There was a moment of horror, but it was soon replaced by glee at the idea of pooping it out.
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Another clanger, which is called pooping, is of a character that one who is ignorant of the might of the ocean when aroused, would not be apt to foresee.
Afloat and Ashore A Sea Tale James Fenimore Cooper 1820
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I had suggested "pooping" a rifle grenade into a German post where we had seen heads moving. "just as 'ee like, zit," said the sergeant, scratching his head, "but once 'ee start doing that kind of thing,' ee'll get zummit back, zee?."
Surprised by Joy Lewis, C. S. 1955
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I don’t know…that sharp end makes me quite opposed to the notion of pooping gold.
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That and the story of a beautiful woman who was stolen away and almost turned in to a fish before 'pooping' copper and being rescued to live forever as a bear is proof those gus were smoking something funny.
TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com 2010
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It's nice watching them, but there's a problem: they're "pooping" on the fire escape and on the window ledges.
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But what should one expect coming from the same guy who remarked on Jason Bay's being present for his wife's "pooping" out their second child.
Bugs & Cranks Anarchist Accountant 2008
chained_bear commented on the word pooping
"Pooping, or, A Pooping Sea, implies the breaking of the sea over the taffrail on the poop deck. When the sea is so turbulent as to break in the stern-sashes, &c. it is also called a pooping sea."
—Falconer's New Universal Dictionary of the Marine (1816), 350
I'm not making this up.
October 12, 2008
reesetee commented on the word pooping
Surprisingly not madeupical!
October 14, 2008