move one's bowels en · VERB
Meanings
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(euphemistic) To excrete feces from one's bowels: to defecate.
Three days before the fight he was eating fruit. . . . "Keeps my system regular," he said. ". . . Keeps you from getting old, moving your bowels regular."
1980 October 5, Tony Kornheiser, “Ali Not Oblivious To the Obvious”, in Washington Post, retrieved 26 Jul 2015:Too great emphasis on privacy in connection with the eliminative functions may, in some instances, result in a child's inability to urinate or move his bowels in an unfamiliar setting.
1958, Marion E. Faegre et al., Child Care and Training, 8th ed., Minnesota Press Archival Editions, →ISBN, page 99:In the middle of the night the woman moved her bowels. The sharp stink of it pervaded the room.
2013 November 27, Joyce Wadler, “Bad Thanksgiving”, in New York Times, retrieved 26 Jul 2015:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| moved one's bowels | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| moved one's bowels | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| moving one's bowels | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| moves one's bowels | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
move one's bowels · uncoil · ease oneself · pinch a loaf · drite · drop a bomb · void one's bowels · pinch one off · stool · shit · take a shit · drop anchor · do one's easement · take a dump · do a number two · take a crap · take the Browns to the Super Bowl · poop · shiss · poo · drop the kids off at the pool · feceate · dung · crap · boo-boo · take a dump · drop a chalupa · shart · pooh · shite · do one's ease · defecate · drop a deuce · excrementize · have a shit · sharn · cack · choke a darkie
Translations (11)
eo feki ((euphemism) excrete feces) · fi ulostaa ((euphemism) excrete feces) · pl oddać stolec ((euphemism) excrete feces) · es hacer aguas mayores ((euphemism) excrete feces) · es mover el vientre ((euphemism) excrete feces) · pt dar uma barrigada ((euphemism) excrete feces) · es hacer de vientre ((euphemism) excrete feces) · gl facer de ventre ((euphemism) excrete feces) · ru опорожнить кишечник ((euphemism) excrete feces) · pl oddawać stolec ((euphemism) excrete feces) · cmn 上大號 /上大号 ((euphemism) excrete feces)