pooped

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pupt/

  Rhymes: -uːpt

Etymology 1

Adjective

pooped (comparative more pooped, superlative most pooped)

1. (slang) Tired; exhausted.
   • 1996 April 14, Bill Oakley, “22 Short Films About Springfield”, in The Simpsons, season 7, episode 21, spoken by Principal Skinner (Harry Shearer), production code 3F18:

     Well, that was wonderful. A good time was had by all. I'm pooped.

   • 2000, Jeff Alt, A Walk For Sunshine: A 2,160 Mile Expedition for Charity on the Appalachian Trail, page 138:

     Well, I've walked 35 miles since yesterday to get here, so I'm pooped

Synonyms

• (tired): See also Thesaurus:fatigued

Etymology 2

Adjective

pooped (comparative more pooped, superlative most pooped)

1. (nautical) Fitted or furnished with a poop.
2. (nautical) Having had a wave come over the stern from abaft.
   • 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

     Then - a shock of water, a wild rush of boiling foam, and I was clinging for my life to the shroud, ay, swept straight out from it like a flag in a gale. We were pooped. The wave passed. It seemed to me that I was under water for minutes - really it was seconds.

Verb

pooped

1. simple past and past participle of poop