dung

American  

[duhng] / dʌŋ /

noun

1. excrement, especially of animals; manure.

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verb (used with object)

1. to manure (ground) with or as if with dung.

dung British  

/ dʌŋ /

noun

1. 1. excrement, esp of animals; manure

   2. ( as modifier )

      dung cart

2. something filthy

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verb

1. (tr) to cover (ground) with manure

Other Word Forms

• dungy adjective

Etymology

Origin of dung

before 1000; Middle English, Old English; cognate with Low German, German dung; compare Icelandic dyngja heap, dung, Swedish dynga dung, muck, Old High German tunga manuring

Example Sentences

"I remember standing in my cowshed and saying to my wife 'one day I'm going to work for the Queen' and we were surrounded by cow dung and stalls."

From BBC

Then she began coating herself with mud and grass, and probably a little cow dung.

From Literature

My wife, an amateur mycologist, had been invited along with some friends to present their findings on the microscopic fungi that grow on the dung of herbivores like deer and rabbits.

From The Wall Street Journal

Its drill sergeants are on Cam and the rest of his new platoon like flies on dung from the moment they wake until they go to sleep.

From Salon

Recently, that helped them catch a suspected nighthawker hiding behind a pile of manure after his footprints on the fresh dung heap shone up on thermal imaging.

From BBC

Related Words

• droppings
• feces
• manure
• poop