Definition of excrementnext
as in dung
solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal an ordinance that requires dog walkers to remove their animal's excrement from city streets

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Recent Examples of excrement When your show’s ratings are lower than whale excrement, which Pelley’s were (and continue to be, under a succession of ever more lackluster Ted Baxters and Ron Burgundys). Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 10 June 2026 Another showed the president using a jet fighter to dump excrement on protesters in Chicago. Caitlin Babcock, Christian Science Monitor, 20 May 2026 If, for David Lynch, ideas are like fish in a river, then for Danish provocateur Nicolas Winding Refn, those ideas are like chunks of excrement in an exploded sewage pipe. Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 19 May 2026 And who would, given that every one of them looks like the Creature from the Black Lagoon crossed with a giant slug melted into a pile of excrement? Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for excrement
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Noun
  • Behind the cookline equipment, the rodent dung shared space with 20 dead roaches.
    David J. Neal July 24, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
  • When not elbow-deep in dino dung or outrunning raptors, Laura Dern's heartfelt performance in Jurassic Park shows why women really deserve to inherit the Earth — and all of the acting awards.
    Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
Noun
  • In its simplest form, scientists can put a chunk of soil in a mason jar, measure how much gas is released over time, then extrapolate a total figure.
    Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026
  • Electronics and small appliances contain chemicals such as lead and mercury that could contaminate landfill soil and groundwater.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • That one feature has taken Volkwine’s crew more than five months of moving dirt, laying rebar and concrete and hand-shaping every line in the smooth surface that untold numbers of skaters and bikers will use starting this fall.
    Noah Daly July 31, Idaho Statesman, 31 July 2026
  • All that spectacle is unmatched in American and in global Thoroughbred racing on dirt, and to varying degrees all of it freaks out each and every horse that runs in it.
    Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

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“Excrement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/excrement. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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