pooper-scooper

American  

[poo-per-skoo-per] / ˈpu pərˌsku pər /

noun

• pooper-scoopers
  plural

1. Also called poop scooper.  a small shovel or scooping device designed for use in cleaning up after a dog or other pet that has defecated on a street or sidewalk.

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adjective

1. of or relating to laws, city ordinances, or the like, that require a person to use a pooper-scooper.

pooper-scooper British  

noun

1. a device used to remove dogs' excrement from public areas

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• pooper-scoopers
  plural

Etymology

Origin of pooper-scooper

1970–75; rhyming compound based on poop ², scoop ( def. ), -er ¹ ( def. )

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

pooper-scooper pooper-scoopers

“Maybe pooper-scooper duty outside with the dog,” Donato mused.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 7, 2022

“I am the pooper-scooper at my house,” said a nonplussed Holiday Anderson, 10.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2019

In 1978, City Council was too beholden to local dog owners to enforce New York’s pooper-scooper law.

From New York Times ● Sep. 7, 2018

Some dog owners simply refuse to obey the pooper-scooper law.

From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2012

I’d done pooper-scooper patrol in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade a few times, and, I’m sorry, I did not trust Chiron’s back end the way I trusted his front.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

I guess you could call us professional pooper-scoopers.

From New York Times ● Sep. 28, 2010

Early morning hikers and skinners at Breckenridge have a new accessory: pooper-scoopers.

From Time Magazine Archive