One syllable: Poop.
poop
/pup/
Poop is pronounced poop (/pup/). It has one syllable (Poop), with the stress on "Poop". Poop is a colloquial noun referring to feces, typically used in casual conversation or among familiar people. It can function as a noun or, less commonly, as a verb meaning to defecate. The term is informal and often softened or humorous in tone, with usage ranging from everyday talk to playful expressions about childish topics.
nounPoop is a colloquial noun referring to feces, typically used in casual conversation or among familiar people. It can function as a noun or, less commonly, as a verb meaning to defecate. The term is informal and often softened or humorous in tone, with usage ranging from everyday talk to playful expressions about childish topics.
"I forgot to flush the toilet and there’s poop on the seat."
"The kid drew a cartoon of poop as part of a silly joke."
"We’re not allowed to eat in class because of poop jokes in the past."
Pronounce it as /puːp/ (US) or /puːp/ (UK/AU). The initial /p/ is a crisp bilabial plosive with both lips closed, followed by a long vowel /uː/ produced with slightly rounded lips and a prolonged release before the final /p/. Stress is on the single syllable. Imagine sounding like the start of ‘pooh’ but with a final crisp /p/. IPA guide: US /puːp/, UK /puːp/, AU /puːp/; mouth positions: lips close, no voicing on the /p/ release, and a rounded, high back vowel quality.
Common errors include: 1) Reducing the vowel to a short /u/ as in ‘put,’ which makes it sound like /pup/; 2) Voicing the final /p/ as a /b/ or an aspirated release making it sound like /pub/ or /puːpʰ/. To correct: keep the vowel long /uː/, ensure the final /p/ is a light, unvoiced stop with a clean release, and avoid extra vowel lengthening after the /p/.
In US, UK, and AU, the word is broadly /puːp/. The key differences lie in rhoticity and vowel quality: US tends to have slightly tenser vowels with subtle rhotic influences in surrounding sounds; UK may have a slightly rounded high back vowel with less vowel length variation; AU tends to align with non-rhotic tendencies in casual speech, with vowel quality closer to US but often more centralized in fast speech. Overall, the nucleus /uː/ remains long and tense across accents.
Because it contains a tense, long /uː/ vowel cluster that requires precise lip rounding and jaw position, followed by a final unvoiced bilabial /p/ release. The risk is vowel length being shortened in rapid speech and the final /p/ being voiced or elongated. Additionally, ambi-digraphal timing can cause post-vocalic aspiration variations; maintaining a clean, unreleased or lightly released /p/ is essential. This word hinges on crisp closure and steady, even vowel duration.
Poop is a single-syllable word with primary stress on that syllable by default; there is no silent letter. The vowel should be maintained as a long /uː/ with a clear, final /p/ release. In connected speech, you may hear reduced or slurred articulation if speaking quickly, but a well-enunciated form keeps the same single-stress pattern and avoids vowel reduction to /ʊ/ or /ɒ/.
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Poop comes from the earlier infant-directed or childish form of speech, with the term poo appearing in English around the 19th century as a euphemism or childish variant of poop/pooh. The word shares roots with the broader family of terms used for feces in many languages, often tied to sounds children make. The word’s use solidified in American English in the mid-20th century as a mild, playful synonym for defecation and waste, widely adopted in casual speech, parenting discourse, and humor. Historically, expressions akin to ‘poop’ have appeared in literature as playful or minced forms to avoid crude language, with the modern sense leaning strongly toward informal reference to feces in both singular and collective forms. The term’s semantic trajectory reflects a shift from clinical or crude language to approachable, everyday speech among families and friends, particularly in American English contexts. The broader euphemistic trend in child-targeted language further reinforced its acceptability in educational and media environments, contributing to its ubiquity in conversation and pop culture. First known uses are documented in 20th-century American colloquial corpora, where the form poo/poop appeared around early 1900s as a childish utterance, eventually solidifying into the standard modern usage.
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