Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to napoo
Participle: napooed
Gerund: napooing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | napoo |
| you | napoo |
| he;she;it | napoos |
| we | napoo |
| you | napoo |
| they | napoo |
Perfect
| I | have napooed |
| you | have napooed |
| he;she;it | has napooed |
| we | have napooed |
| you | have napooed |
| they | have napooed |
Past
| I | napooed |
| you | napooed |
| he;she;it | napooed |
| we | napooed |
| you | napooed |
| they | napooed |
Pluperfect
| I | had napooed |
| you | had napooed |
| he;she;it | had napooed |
| we | had napooed |
| you | had napooed |
| they | had napooed |
Future
| I | will napoo |
| you | will napoo |
| he;she;it | will napoo |
| we | will napoo |
| you | will napoo |
| they | will napoo |
Future Perfect
| I | will have napooed |
| you | will have napooed |
| he;she;it | will have napooed |
| we | will have napooed |
| you | will have napooed |
| they | will have napooed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | napoo |
| you | napoo |
| he;she;it | napoo |
| we | napoo |
| you | napoo |
| they | napoo |
Perfect
| I | have napooed |
| you | have napooed |
| he;she;it | have napooed |
| we | have napooed |
| you | have napooed |
| they | have napooed |
Imperfect
| I | napooed |
| you | napooed |
| he;she;it | napooed |
| we | napooed |
| you | napooed |
| they | napooed |
Pluperfect
| I | had napooed |
| you | had napooed |
| he;she;it | had napooed |
| we | had napooed |
| you | had napooed |
| they | had napooed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would napoo |
| you | would napoo |
| he;she;it | would napoo |
| we | would napoo |
| you | would napoo |
| they | would napoo |
Perfect
| I | would have napooed |
| you | would have napooed |
| he;she;it | would have napooed |
| we | would have napooed |
| you | would have napooed |
| they | would have napooed |
Imperative
| you | napoo |
| we | Let's napoo |
| you | napoo |
Verbs conjugated like 'napoo'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'napoo'
capon,
capot,
haloo,
kazoo,
nap,
nape,
nappe,
nappy,
poo,
ragoo,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
World War I British and ANZAC army slang, probably a corruption of French “il n′y a plus” (“there is no more”).
Sample Sentences
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He will napoo the rations.
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“The general says that if you are wise you will leave before the cannons come. Otherwise you′ll get ‘napooed,’ ” and he made an expressive gesture. “Compris?” [1918, Roland Pertwee, The Little Landscape: Everybody′s Magazine, volume 38, page 35:]
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I thought a man was lucky if he did not get napooed first trip in. [1918, Hereward Carrington, Psychical Phenomena and the War, page 68:]
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1984, John Masters, Man of War, 1984, US title High Command, page 230,
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“No,” Merton said shortly. “We sit tight, they find us. If we both go wandering about looking for each other in the middle of the night, we′ll start a battle and the whole plan for tomorrow will be napooed.”
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German planes had not only carried out a raid behind our lines, but a long-range shell had actually hit one of the Battalion cookers and “napooed” it completely. [1988, Sidney Rogerson, Twelve days, page 19:]