poo
Americannoun
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poos
plural
verb (used without object)
interjection
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of poo
First recorded in 1955–60; of expressive origin
Example Sentences
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It is another sign of water vole activity - squashed poo.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
"That means we've got evidence of breeding water vole which is brilliant," he continues on the subject of the flattened poo.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
"We get very excited by flattened poo," is a sentence I was not expecting.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
"Water voles have got scent glands on their feet and they will stamp down on the poo and they'll flatten it around and that is them scent marking their territory."
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2026
There’s a quiet moment when my Noise fills the room with Manchee, just fills it with him, side to side, barking and barking and needing a poo and barking some more.
From "The Knife of Never Letting Go" by Patrick Ness
Two dog walkers say they picked up 80 different dog poos in 90 minutes during an attempt to clean up a town centre.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2022
Appearing at a genetic engineering competition with a briefcase of colorful poos was a way to start conversations with the people building this new field.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 10, 2021
Also comes with an outstretched fingers-plastic bag type arrangement for daintily picking up poos.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 6, 2015
Meeting Dave gives him a chance to reveal the real Kim, not a god but just one of the guys: he pees and poos.
From Time ● Dec. 17, 2014
And 6 people went to the toilet but they didn’t do poos that I could smell, which was good.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
"You might see a few white dots on me because I get pooed on nearly every day being down here."
From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026
Back in the day they didn't make a sound – even when an elephant pooed on set.
From The Guardian ● May 16, 2012
Compare this to, say, Kings of Leon who recently pulled out of gigs citing a "torn bicep" at one, a burnt tourbus at another and – famously – being pooed on by pigeons at another.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 10, 2011
One episode revolved around finding out who had pooed on a chair and who was going to clean it up.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 18, 2010
Shale pooed from the cliffs off toward Charmouth.
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
“You can use DNA tracing to figure out which dog is pooing on the lawn,” one landlord suggested.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
You may also be noticing a change in bowel habit, such as looser poo or pooing more often than normal.
From BBC ● Jun. 29, 2022
Or is public pooing an extreme act of rebellion?
From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2018
“But it was running around throwing up on things, pooing, peeing, barking all night, running in circles hysterically excited, and sleeping for three hours.”
From New York Times ● Aug. 4, 2016
Late last year, I read that we are pooing all wrong: we should be squatting, not sitting, on a toilet bowl.
From The Guardian ● May 18, 2015
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