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
Jordan Moreau, Variety, 19 Jan. 2026
Since June, Mi SELA LGBTQ+ has been climbing ladders to clean dozens of poop bags off their awning.
—Lesley Marin, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
Moore turns her daughter around and shows off her backside, which is also covered in poop.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
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
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After saying his goodbyes, Dunk picks up Arlan’s sword in the shining sun and has a hero moment worthy of Jon Snow or Jaime Lannister — but then gets a queasy stomach and explosively poops behind a tree.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 19 Jan. 2026
Since June, Mi SELA LGBTQ+ has been climbing ladders to clean dozens of poop bags off their awning.
—Lesley Marin, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2026
Moore turns her daughter around and shows off her backside, which is also covered in poop.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026
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
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“Poop.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poop. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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