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  • English Word Poop Definition See 2d Poppy.
  • English Word Poop Definition To make a noise; to pop; also, to break wind.
  • English Word Poop Definition A deck raised above the after part of a vessel; the hindmost or after part of a vessel's hull; also, a cabin covered by such a deck. See Poop deck, under Deck. See also Roundhouse.
  • English Word Poop Definition To break over the poop or stern, as a wave.
  • English Word Poop Definition To strike in the stern, as by collision.
  • English Word Pooped Definition of Poop
  • English Word Pooped Definition Having a poop; furnished with a poop.
  • English Word Pooped Definition Struck on the poop.
  • English Word Pooping Definition of Poop
  • English Word Pooping Definition The act or shock of striking a vessel's stern by a following wave or vessel.
  • English Word Poor Definition Destitute of property; wanting in material riches or goods; needy; indigent.
  • English Word Poor Definition So completely destitute of property as to be entitled to maintenance from the public.
  • English Word Poor Definition Destitute of such qualities as are desirable, or might naturally be expected
  • English Word Poor Definition Wanting in fat, plumpness, or fleshiness; lean; emaciated; meager; as, a poor horse, ox, dog, etc.
  • English Word Poor Definition Wanting in strength or vigor; feeble; dejected; as, poor health; poor spirits.
  • English Word Poor Definition Of little value or worth; not good; inferior; shabby; mean; as, poor clothes; poor lodgings.
  • English Word Poor Definition Destitute of fertility; exhausted; barren; sterile; -- said of land; as, poor soil.
  • English Word Poor Definition Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture.
  • English Word Poor Definition Without prosperous conditions or good results; unfavorable; unfortunate; unconformable; as, a poor business; the sick man had a poor night.
  • English Word Poor Definition Inadequate; insufficient; insignificant; as, a poor excuse.
  • English Word Poor Definition Worthy of pity or sympathy; -- used also sometimes as a term of endearment, or as an expression of modesty, and sometimes as a word of contempt.
  • English Word Poor Definition Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
  • English Word Poor Definition A small European codfish (Gadus minutus); -- called also power cod.
  • English Word Poor-john Definition A small European fish, similar to the cod, but of inferior quality.
  • English Word Poor-spirited Definition Of a mean spirit; cowardly; base.
  • English Word Poor-will Definition A bird of the Western United States (Phalaenoptilus Nutalli) allied to the whip-poor-will.
  • English Word Poor-willie Definition The bar-tailed godwit.
  • English Word Poorbox Definition A receptacle in which money given for the poor is placed.
  • English Word Poorhouse Definition A dwelling for a number of paupers maintained at public expense; an almshouse; a workhouse.
  • English Word Poorliness Definition The quality or state of being poorly; ill health.