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as in dung
solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal the mother cat carefully cleaned poop off her newborn kitten's bottom

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poop

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noun (2)

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as in scoop
information not generally available to the public the poop was that the ship would be headed to the war zone within a matter of weeks

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But in previous work, scientists analyzing the DNA found in bat poop had been surprised to find evidence of greater noctules feasting on songbirds—which are much larger than insects—during spring and fall migrations, when birds are active at night instead of during the day. Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 9 Oct. 2025 All jokes aside, the water doesn’t actually taste or smell like poop. Madison Dapcevich, Outside, 8 Oct. 2025 These days, Dewan, who welcomed her third child, Rhiannon, in June 2024, is particularly focused on poop. Anna Halkidis, Parents, 8 Oct. 2025 And then the tide was coming in and the poop's, like, hitting me in the chest. Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for poop

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“Poop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poop. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.

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