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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Climate and soil conditions differ in each region, and each protectorate has its own indigenous crops.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
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Fundamentally, sending in our own military to make the arrest on foreign soil without the consent of the other country would still violate international law and the sovereignty of Venezuela.—
Elie Mystal,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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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More than 15 poops were under a counter by the coffee station.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
19 Dec. 2025
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This means that coyotes are likely performing some ecological roles that wolves never did, such as dispersing fruit seeds in their poop and suppressing populations of smaller predators.—
Alex Jensen,
The Conversation,
18 Dec. 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 9 Jan. 2026.
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