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apoop

apoop adverb: on the poop; astern.

Adverb

apoop (not comparable)

  1. On the poop; astern.
    • Thus, she made as much lee-way as head-way, could get along very nearly as fast with the wind ahead as when it was apoop, and was particularly great in a calm.1839, Washington Irving, A History of New York

Origin of apoop

From a- + poop.

Questions about apoop

What does apoop mean?
Apoop means on the poop; astern.
What part of speech is apoop?
Apoop is an adverb.

Words near apoop in the dictionary

  1. aponogeton
  2. aponogetonaceous
  3. aponogetons
  4. Aponte
  5. Apontes
  6. apoop
  7. Apop
  8. Apopa
  9. apopain
  10. apopemptic
  11. apopemptics

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