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
Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 19 July 2025
That trend also increases evaporation, fueling more rain that washes pollution like chemicals, dog poop and trash into canals and Biscayne Bay.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
Causing your colon to contract more aggressively will soon expel the enema liquid along with a lot of the contents of the colon, meaning a lot of poop there is.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
For poop on those same surfaces, DiNicolantonio recommends an at-home mixture: add a half tablespoon of dishwashing liquid to one tablespoon of white vinegar and two cups of warm water.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2025
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Researchers at the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) peeked into the poop diaries of 1,400 healthy adults to see how bowel movement frequency (BMF) affects their molecular phenotypes, in a pre-disease context.
—Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 19 July 2025
That trend also increases evaporation, fueling more rain that washes pollution like chemicals, dog poop and trash into canals and Biscayne Bay.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
Causing your colon to contract more aggressively will soon expel the enema liquid along with a lot of the contents of the colon, meaning a lot of poop there is.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 12 July 2025
For poop on those same surfaces, DiNicolantonio recommends an at-home mixture: add a half tablespoon of dishwashing liquid to one tablespoon of white vinegar and two cups of warm water.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2025
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“Poop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poop. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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