droppings

noun

Definition of droppingsnext
plural of dropping
as in dirt
solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal the only bad part about owning a rabbit was cleaning the droppings out of the litter box every night

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  1. dirt
  2. dung
  3. soil
  4. excrement
  5. poop
  6. scat
Noun
  • The denizens of Fort Bridger are all covered in dirt and grime.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Chances are items, possibly returns to stores, shoes, and outerwear have accumulated, along with extra grass, dirt, and dust on the entryway tables and floors.
    Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of dirt
Noun
  • With antivenom hard to find in rural areas, some snakebite victims pay traditional healers with a chicken or a small goat to apply herbs, bones and even dung.
    Brian Otieno, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2025
  • In turn, their dung may have fertilized the growth of certain types of algae in the lake and thereby altered the local ecosystem.
    Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of dung
Noun
  • Rocks also contribute to soil stability and protect delicate ecosystems.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 12 Jan. 2025
  • June • For camellia, citrus, gardenia, grape and other plants adapted to acidic soil: If leaves are yellowing (chlorotic) between green veins, plants may benefit from foliar or soil application of iron and zinc chelate and mulching.
    The San Diego Union Tribune, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2025
Definition of soil
Noun
  • Her mother didn't want Dutt to be raised with the stigma of being known as a Dalit of the Bhangi sub-caste, whose people were long compelled to remove excrement from latrine pits.
    Omkar Khandekar, NPR, 15 Dec. 2024
  • The poop was exhaustively analyzed by a research team of more than a dozen scientists using advanced techniques, and even a synchrotron particle accelerator, to probe each piece of excrement down to the molecular level.
    Geoff Brumfiel, NPR, 27 Nov. 2024
Definition of excrement
Noun
  • Mount Everest climbers now have to take their poop away with them, as human excrement has become a big problem on the world’s highest peak.
    CNN, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Related article Fossilized poop reveals secrets of how dinosaurs came to dominate Earth Gorgonopsians do share some traits with their mammal cousins.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 19 Dec. 2024
Definition of poop
Noun
  • The count begins in November with ground crews setting up game cameras, tracking footprints and scat and setting traps to get a preliminary count of the wild population.
    Shaun McKinnon, The Arizona Republic, 29 Jan. 2024
  • Study of wolf scat in 2022 found that 86% of the samples contained cow.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of scat
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dropping out of sight

droppings

dropping the ball

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