Poop

n. [Fr. poupe, Pr., Sp., & Pg. popa, It. poppa, Lat. puppis.]

1Sense 1. A deck raised above the after part of the spar deck, reaching forward to the mizzen mast. Totten.

2Sense 2. See POPPY.

(Naut.) (a.) To strike upon the stern of, as a heavy sea. “A sea which he thought was going to poop her.” Lord Dufferin. (b.) To strike in the stern, as one vessel that runs her stem against another’s stern. Mar. Dict.

[D. poepen. See POP.] To make a noise; to pop; also, to break wind.