dunged; dunging; dungs
: to fertilize or dress with manure
Examples of dung in a Sentence
Noun
researchers tracked the wild gorillas by following the piles of dung
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David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Or that tossed off, scrapped, relegated to the dung heap of failed work, the unconscious keeps turning and turning the deep images and obsessions.
—Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 4 July 2021
Hyenas will eat practically anything---from putrid corpses to dung---so donkeys are pretty much a treat.
—Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2012
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Noun
Rodents left dung pieces in the bun storage area (over 25); dry storage shelves (over 10); the front counter cabinet where the soda machine equipment is (over 10); and behind the air conditioning unit on the second floor (over 20).
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
Or that tossed off, scrapped, relegated to the dung heap of failed work, the unconscious keeps turning and turning the deep images and obsessions.
—Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
Moreover, in 2020, communication from the federal government about the pandemic really dung the public wrong.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 4 July 2021
Hyenas will eat practically anything---from putrid corpses to dung---so donkeys are pretty much a treat.
—Sarah Zhang, Discover Magazine, 6 Apr. 2012
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“Dung.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dung. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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