poo
verb
pooed; pooing; poos
informal
: defecate
An Australian couple found themselves upstaged during their own wedding by their 3-year-old son, who interrupted the ceremony to announce: "I have to poo."—
Ben Hooper
Ben HooperWhen proper citizens of Rome were lowering their bottoms onto indoor toilet seats, my ancestors were using the woods to do their business. I suspect they just squatted and pooed without the benefit of a hole.—Jim Jones
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After testing each group four times, the team found that krill reacted strongly to the scent of the penguin poo.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
Now, researchers have found yet another way to put penguin poo to good use.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
Burps and poo from cattle, sheep and goats generate methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in warming the planet in the span of 20 years, according to the UN Environment Programme.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 10 June 2024
Read: Dog poo, an environmental tragedy Menin shared with me a recent study in which researchers found an average of 31,000 fecal bacteria per 100 milliliters of puddle water from New York City’s sidewalks.
—Kelly Conaboy, The Atlantic, 26 July 2023
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Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
Now, researchers have found yet another way to put penguin poo to good use.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Mar. 2025
Burps and poo from cattle, sheep and goats generate methane, a greenhouse gas 80 times more powerful than carbon dioxide in warming the planet in the span of 20 years, according to the UN Environment Programme.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 10 June 2024
Read: Dog poo, an environmental tragedy Menin shared with me a recent study in which researchers found an average of 31,000 fecal bacteria per 100 milliliters of puddle water from New York City’s sidewalks.
—Kelly Conaboy, The Atlantic, 26 July 2023
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“Poo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poo. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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