# poop

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈpuːp/ · frequency rank #11,940

## Definitions
1. To make a short blast on a horn.
2. To break wind.
3. To defecate.
4. To defecate.
5. To defecate.

## Etymology
Uncertain, possibly from Middle English poupen (“to make a gulping sound while drinking, blow on a horn, toot”). Compare Dutch poepen (“to defecate”), German Low German pupen (“to fart; break wind”). Also representing poo pronounced with the mouth snapped closed at the end.

## Easily confused with
- **PP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poop-vs-pp)
- **pro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poop-vs-pro)
- **pop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poop-vs-pop)
- **pot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poop-vs-pot)
- **pos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poop-vs-pos)
- **pup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poop-vs-pup)
- **POW** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poop-vs-pow)
- **POV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poop-vs-pov)
- **PPP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poop-vs-ppp)
- **PSP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poop-vs-psp)
- **PvP** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poop-vs-pvp)
- **pox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poop-vs-pox)
- **PTO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poop-vs-pto)
- **post** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poop-vs-post)
- **poor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poop-vs-poor)
- **port** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poop-vs-port)
- **porn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poop-vs-porn)
- **pope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poop-vs-pope)
- **pump** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poop-vs-pump)
- **pose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poop-vs-pose)

## Common misspellings (4)
`opop`, `poopp`, `popo`, `ppoop`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/poop