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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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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Recent Examples of poop
Alex Jensen, The Conversation, 18 Dec. 2025
To this end, Parsons and Van Cise are working to tease even more detail from the genetic mayhem of whale poop and identify which salmon runs the southern residents rely on most.
—Kelso Harper, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
With a clogged toilet belching up a bunch of poop all over Miranda's apartment.
—Ew Staff December 5, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Dec. 2025
Researchers hope that raising the profile of stool banks will help uncover more members of the public whose poop is punching above its weight.
—New Atlas, 28 Nov. 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
To this end, Parsons and Van Cise are working to tease even more detail from the genetic mayhem of whale poop and identify which salmon runs the southern residents rely on most.
—Kelso Harper, Scientific American, 16 Dec. 2025
With a clogged toilet belching up a bunch of poop all over Miranda's apartment.
—Ew Staff December 5, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Dec. 2025
Researchers hope that raising the profile of stool banks will help uncover more members of the public whose poop is punching above its weight.
—New Atlas, 28 Nov. 2025
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“Poop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poop. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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