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
Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
Sure looks to me like that whitetail along the edge of the frame is about to be alien poop.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
The Peninsula’s uniformed pages will escort your dog (poop bags in hand).
—Beth Landman, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
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
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The tax would cover the costs of cleaning up dog poop and other related public-space maintenance.
—Ashley J. Dimella, FOXNews.com, 2 Nov. 2025
Sure looks to me like that whitetail along the edge of the frame is about to be alien poop.
—Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025
The Peninsula’s uniformed pages will escort your dog (poop bags in hand).
—Beth Landman, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
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
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“Poop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poop. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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