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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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To visualize how little exposure that entails, consider that one gram of poop (picture a quarter teaspoon) from a person with norovirus can include billions of viral particles. Erica Sloan, SELF, 14 Jan. 2025 Manure management systems in which the manure is stacked in outdoor mounds and exposed to oxygen — as opposed to the poop lagoon systems used by most commercial dairies — largely avoid releasing methane. Kenny Torrella, Vox, 13 Jan. 2025 Daniel Spoerri’s Crap Chancellery showcases two piles of poop on pedestals that foreshadow today’s emoji fascination. Natasha Gural, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025 That started with gathering a lot of poop — necessary to obtain DNA from the elusive animals without bothering them. Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 10 Jan. 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 1 Feb. 2025.

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