bowel movement en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
Meanings
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The discharge of feces from the body, an act of defecation.
Mid-March 2021, at a bowling alley, I watch balls thunder down lanes and wonder if I’ve had a bowel movement since Presidents’ Day.
2022 October 2, Cara Schacter, “My Year of Stress and Constipation”, in The New York Times:
- The feces thus produced.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bowel movements | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Relateds
move one's bowels · BM · BM
Synonyms
ish · poo-poo · muck · crap · doo-doo · pooh · doody · dook · dumping · cack · purging · shit · pooh · dirt · flop · faeces · turd · fudge · danna · doing one's easement · doing one's ease · poopy · dung · feces · dumplings · fecal matter · chocolate · number two · stool · poopie · waste · dump · number two · crud · purging · call of nature · scat · bowel movement · poo · BM · defecating · poo · Eartha Kitt · dooky · bowel movement · shite · dookie · pure · easement · sharn · taking a shit · excrement · droppings · gong · jobby · faex · merd · Eartha · crap · sharn · ordure · dump · boo-boo · chocolate hot dog · do do · shit · crapping · boom-boom · shitting · caca · motion · thost · hod · poop · big jobs · cack · tom tit · nature · spraying · soil · defecation · poop · dejection
Translations (27)
es defecación (discharge of feces) · ca defecació (discharge of feces) · it feci (feces thus produced) · fi ulostaminen (discharge of feces) · fr défécation (discharge of feces) · hu széklet (feces thus produced) · cmn 糞便 /粪便 (feces thus produced) · cs stolice (discharge of feces) · pt evacuação (discharge of feces) · cmn 排便 (discharge of feces) · pt movimento intestinal (discharge of feces) · pl wypróżnienie (discharge of feces) · tr bağırsak hareketi (discharge of feces) · fi uloste (feces thus produced) · fr fèces (feces thus produced) · hu székletürítés (discharge of feces) · de Stuhlgang (discharge of feces) · it defecazione (discharge of feces) · hu székelés (discharge of feces) · ca deposició (feces thus produced) · pl stolec (feces thus produced) · pt defecação (discharge of feces) · pl kał (feces thus produced) · pt fezes (feces thus produced) · nl stoelgang (discharge of feces) · es heces (feces thus produced) · nl ontlasting (discharge of feces)