Lexic.us

Definition of Pooped

1. p. p. & a. Having a poop; furnished with a poop.

Definition of Pooped

1. Adjective. (slang) Tired; exhausted. ¹

2. Adjective. (nautical) Fitted or furnished with a poop. ¹

3. Adjective. (nautical) Having had a wave come over the stern from abaft. ¹

4. Verb. (past of poop) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pooped

1. poop [v] - See also: poop

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pooped

Literary usage of Pooped

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Old Sea Wings, Ways, and Words, in the Days of Oak and Hemp by Robert Charles Leslie (1890)
"Proceedings on board Lord Anson's ship, Centurion, anchored off the island of Tinian—Wind against tide— pooped by her long-boat—Drives to sea with three ..."

2. The Scientific Works of C. William Siemens ...: A Collection of Papers and by Charles William Siemens (1889)
"I was told that we should be pooped. An empty cable ship may be pooped if she lie still, trying to hold fast to the end of a cable ; but it occurred to us ..."

3. The Scientific Works of C. William Siemens ...: A Collection of Papers and by Sir Charles William Siemens (1889)
"I was told that we should be pooped. An empty cable ship may be pooped if she lie still, trying to hold fast to the end of a cable ; but it occurred to us ..."

4. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"pooped, a vessel is said to be pooped when a wave breaks over the stern. Port, the modern word for left. Press of sail, very much sail. ..."

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