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
Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
Now, in a new paper published in PLoS One, another group of researchers took a fresh look at DNA taken from 10 of the poops.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Fangs tend to turn up in snake poop after they are swallowed.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
Mike Johnson defended Trump's poop video, of course This next part is really going to shock you: Johnson, Speaker of the House, defended the video on Monday, Oct. 20.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 20 Oct. 2025
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Advanced spectroscopy sensors and a validated machine-learning algorithm in the device scan your poop for indicators of gut health and hydration, and also look for blood in the toilet bowl that might otherwise be hard to spot.
—Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 25 Oct. 2025
Now, in a new paper published in PLoS One, another group of researchers took a fresh look at DNA taken from 10 of the poops.
—Veronique Greenwood, Time, 24 Oct. 2025
Fangs tend to turn up in snake poop after they are swallowed.
—Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 23 Oct. 2025
Mike Johnson defended Trump's poop video, of course This next part is really going to shock you: Johnson, Speaker of the House, defended the video on Monday, Oct. 20.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Poop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poop. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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