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to defecate

to defecate

19 7.0
To pass poo out of the body through the opening at the bottom
  • verb
  • /ˈdɛfɪˌkeɪt/
  • Formal
translation icon : defecar
  • He felt a sudden urge to defecate after eating the spicy food.
  • urinate and defecate

Please don't defecate along our trails.

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Examples

  • There are pigeons that roost on the restaurant, and they're just defecating constantly.

  • One flew inside the bakery and defecated on the coconut macaroons.

    Fiction book (1996)
  • Did you really wanna defecate in front of me, sir?

  • I moved out when their children started defecating in the street outside my window.

    Blog text (21)
  • Like people live on a dollar a day, people who, you know, there was a time when a billion people defecated in the street.

  • Does the dog instantly defecate or urinate when left on their own?

  • Please don't defecate along our trails.

  • The patient was encouraged to use the learned techniques at the slightest urge to defecate at home.

    Academic text (2000)
  • They are eating, sleeping, defecating, urinating in that same space for a period of years.

  • Bears also don't eat, drink, urinate, or defecate for the months they are hibernating.

Synonyms

to shit
vsto defecate
  • Offensive
180 8.9

To pass solid waste from the body

is formal medical language, not vulgar or blunt
to crap
vsto defecate
  • Offensive
40 9.0

To pass solid waste from your body

is clinical and avoids informality or vulgar tone
to take a shit
vsto defecate
  • Offensive
31 9.9

To go to the toilet to poo

is neutral medical language, avoiding coarse vulgarity
to take a dump
vsto defecate
  • Offensive
26 9.9

To poop solid waste out of the body

is neutral and clinical rather than coarse or slang
to relieve oneself
vsto defecate
  • Formal
11 7.5

To pee or poo, usually in a toilet

is the direct medical act term, not a polite euphemism
to take a crap
vsto defecate
  • Offensive
9 9.9

To poop, said as a rude word

is the formal clinical expression, not casual or vulgar
to drop a deuce
vsto defecate
  • Offensive
3 9.9

To go to the toilet to poop in informal speech

is clinical and avoids playful crude slang
to evacuate
vsto defecate
  • NSFW
3 7.4

To move waste out of the body, usually from the bowels

is narrower, focusing specifically on passing solid waste
to squeeze one out
vsto defecate
  • NSFW
1 9.9

To pass solid waste from your body

is neutral and does not imply effort or force
to stool
vsto defecate
  • NSFW
1 9.1

To pass waste from the bowels

is the formal medical verb for that same action
to pinch one off
vsto defecate
  • Offensive
1 9.9

To go to the toilet to poop in a rude way

is neutral and describes the action without vulgar implication
to dung
vsto defecate
8.3

An animal passes waste from its body

is about the same bodily action but mainly applied to people
to drop a load
vsto defecate
  • Offensive
9.9

To poop and get rid of solid waste from your body

is neutral clinical language without crude or coarse tone
to ca-ca
vsto defecate
  • Baby Talk
9.9

To pass poo from your body

is the adult medical term rather than a childish expression

How Polite

to defecate
  • Formal
19 7.0
to urinate
69 3.3
to do business
  • NSFW
217 8.9
to pee
  • Informal
371 2.6
to shit
  • Offensive
180 8.9

Surface Forms

defecate infinitive
defecated past
defecated past participle
defecating present participle
defecates third person singular

Etymology

Defecate comes from the Latin defaecare, made of de- 'away' and faex 'waste'. That old idea of 'cleaning out' the body is why defecate today means to pass solid waste or 'feces'.