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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Recent Examples of Synonyms for droppings
  1. dirt
  2. dung
  3. soil
  4. excrement
  5. poop
  6. scat
Noun
  • As for the frequency, cleaning them after each workout is ideal—especially if your earbuds come in contact with sweat, sunscreen, or dirt.
    Julia Ries, Outside Online, 14 Nov. 2024
  • Carpets are a home’s No.1 dirt trap and need thorough regular vacuuming.
    Marni Jameson, The Mercury News, 14 Nov. 2024
Definition of dirt
Noun
  • Despite the official ban, about 6% of the 1140 sampling events included cattle dung.
    ByGeoffrey Kamadi, science.org, 10 Sep. 2024
  • To paint a clearer picture of the park’s past, researchers from multiple universities analyzed the steroids present in animal dung — unearthed from lake sediments that range from around 238 B.C. to the present day.
    Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of dung
Noun
  • Over four decades later, new soil samples taken from the same regions still indicated a better fungi and bacteria presence than the areas that did not host gophers.
    Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 7 Nov. 2024
  • With ongoing geopolitical tensions and the conflict in Ukraine fueling these detentions, the future for those arrested on Russian soil appears increasingly uncertain.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of soil
Noun
  • This is by design; his sometime advisor Steve Bannon advocated flooding the zone with, well, excrement, so that media couldn’t keep up.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Director Shawn Levy stages the cartoonish violence with less verve than David Leitch’s in Deadpool 2, which featured the franchise’s paradigmatic transition — from the close-up of a sphincter to a human eye — making the point that this is all excrement.
    Armond White, National Review, 26 July 2024
Definition of excrement
Noun
  • It is not known who is behind any of the statues, though The Washington Post revealed that the National Park Service permit for the poop monument was sent by filmmaker Julia Jimenez-Pyzik.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • What an absolute joy to see a pack of motley mutts trotting around St. Ann’s Warehouse, promenaded by everyone from Sandra Bernhard to Naomi Fry wearing matching toile puffers and beaded poop bag carriers.
    Laia Garcia-Furtado, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
Definition of poop
Noun
  • Plate-sized globs of bear scat lay everywhere, and the bruins’ beds cratered the forest floor.
    Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
  • All around her The future is scattered, written in scat, And the limp fawn waits for its arrival, breathless.
    T. R. Hummer, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024
Definition of scat
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dropping the ball

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