dung

[ duhng ]

noun

1. excrement, especially of animals; manure.

verb (used with object)

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

dung

/ dʌŋ /

noun

1. 1. excrement, esp of animals; manure
   2. ( as modifier )

      dung cart

2. something filthy

verb

1. tr to cover (ground) with manure

Derived Forms

• ˈdungy, adjective

Other Words From

• dungy adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of dung¹

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of dung¹

Old English: prison; related to Old High German tunc cellar roofed with dung, Old Norse dyngja manure heap

Example Sentences

The dung they viewed likely came from an extinct dinosaur relative.

From Science News For Students

Trying to convert people who are using animal dung as fuel — obviously that would require a technological solution that may require more energy from the grid.

From Freakonomics

We need to get to the women, in particular, who cook on open fires with animal dung, coal, wood and ingest and die in very large numbers from that inhalation.

From Freakonomics

Whether dining on dung has downsides remains to be seen, but clearly, not being too picky pays off for pika.

From Science News

The dung likely comes from an extinct dinosaur relative called Silesaurus opolensis, which lived around 237 million to 227 million years ago during the Triassic Period.

From Science News

They could wash off cow dung, forget a yell that had no meaning.

From The Daily Beast

Private parts, be they of ducks, damselflies or dung beetles, turn out to have evolved novel forms at breakneck speeds.

From The Daily Beast

Rhino tend to stick close to their “middens”—dung piles—and this predictably makes them even more vulnerable.

From The Daily Beast

Dung is to Ofili what beds are to Tracey Emin or formaldehyde is to Damien Hirst.

From The Daily Beast

The man is uncivil and impolitic, rough-hewn enough for leather fringe and dung-crusted boots.

From The Daily Beast

Bran or horse-dung inside was a good thing as a stop-gap, though it added not to the strength of the boiler.

From Project Gutenberg

It is likewise formed daring the decay of animal and vegetable matters, and is consequently evolved from dung and compost heaps.

From Project Gutenberg

Well rotten dung, which had been kept in the manure heap upwards of six months.

From Project Gutenberg

Pigeons' dung, according to Boussingault, contains 8·3 per cent of nitrogen, equivalent to 10·0 of ammonia.

From Project Gutenberg

They that were fed delicately have died in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet have embraced the dung.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• droppings
• feces
• manure
• poop