as in dirt
solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal
the only bad part about owning a rabbit was cleaning the droppings out of the litter box every night
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Recent Examples of droppings
Rodent droppings, expired food and moldy ice were found at Crowley restaurants during recent health inspections, reports show.
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Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2025
The gas station received a yellow placard after health inspectors found 12 rodent droppings behind the ice machine.
—Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Another four droppings were under a cookline flip-top cooler.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Limit interaction with wild birds and their droppings.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Nov. 2025
The gas station received a yellow placard after health inspectors found 12 rodent droppings behind the ice machine.
—Sacbee.com, 31 Oct. 2025
Another four droppings were under a cookline flip-top cooler.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
Limit interaction with wild birds and their droppings.
—Laura Schulte, jsonline.com, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for droppings
Noun
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The best deal on the list belongs to this small but mighty handheld vacuum cleaner that can snatch up pet fur, dust, dirt, and more debris from furniture in a flash.—
Clara McMahon,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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Fall and winter are perfect seasons for kicking up some red dirt.—
Roger Naylor,
AZCentral.com,
8 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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
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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,
Literary Hub,
6 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Chestnut trees hold soil, resist erosion, and absorb carbon from the atmosphere.—
Todd Plummer,
Vogue,
11 Nov. 2025
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Plant the bulbs in rich, well-draining, slightly acidic soil in a garden space that gets full sun.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The president prefers posting AI slop videos of himself dumping excrement on city-dwellers than working for them.—
Newsweek Contributors,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Sheep’s wool is also highly damaging to vital river systems, as excrement from the UK’s 31 million sheep and chemical sheep dips run into waterways, causing suffocating eutrophication.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Manure from cattle, goats, horses, pigs, poultry and sheep all beat your poop.—
Clarence Schmidt,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
11 Nov. 2025
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Even inland areas can contribute to the problem, especially when the poop is on asphalt or concrete, where there are no microbes to absorb the waste.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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If not, then the scat might be from neighborhood dogs.—
Randy McMullen,
Mercury News,
27 Oct. 2025
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Teig came upon piles of green scat, a telltale sign that an animal was close by.—
Devon O’Neil,
Outside,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Droppings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/droppings. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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