droppingsnoun [ plural ]
uk/ˈdrɒp.ɪŋz/us/ˈdrɑː.pɪŋz/solid waste produced by animals and birds
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Animal physiology: excrement & its excretion
- accident
- anal fissure
- bathroom
- be caught/taken short idiom
- bowel movement
- call of nature idiom
- cowpat
- crap
- dump
- go to the bathroom idiom
- guano
- melaena
- mess
- motion
- move
- pass
- powder your nose idiom
- regular
- shite
- turd
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Examples from literature
- At that time, however, when we first stepped aboard, all was hidden under the droppings of innumerable sea-birds.
- In the third place, the soil in old pastures is likely to be rich from the droppings of animals.
- The disease is spread by droppings and dead birds, and through feed and water.
- The droppings are usually found in one place.
- These soils absorb the droppings readily and are never covered with standing water.