dog turd
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5.1
- noun
- /dɔg tɜrd/
- NSFW
- I stepped in a dog turd while walking in the park.
Examples
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LeRoy Spitzer eating dog turds in the secret place under the bushes behind the playground; the glimpse of Ruth Chandler's pink panties when she climbed up the slide;
Fiction book (1994) -
I'm sick of dog turds anyway.
Fiction book (1992) -
This was where I found the dog turd.
Fiction book (1997) -
Well, they ate everything and left us a goddam dog turd.
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Sketch the Arab street sweeper walking and sweeping the sidewalk with fire-hydrant water, cleaning the street of its unending string of dog turds and piss.
Fiction book (1994) -
Be careful where you walk; there are several dog turds on the path.
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The grass was littered with dog turds left by careless pet owners.
Synonyms
97
5.1
Solid waste that people or animals pass from their body
48
4.8
Solid waste the body sends out through the anus after food is digested
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8.2
A childish word for poop
33
9.5
Poop that a dog leaves on the ground
31
5.8
Solid waste that the body leaves when you go to the toilet
31
8.9
A solid piece of poop that comes from the body
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3.7
Small piles or pellets of animal poop
8
4.2
Solid waste that leaves the body after it digests food
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8.6
Poop left by dogs on the ground
1
5.9
Solid waste that children pass from the body
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8.0
Poop a dog leaves on the ground
1
7.5
Poop left by a dog outside where people walk
Poop left by a dog on the ground that people must pick up
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Morphology
The insult's meaning is directly built from its parts: 'turd' already denotes a worthless or disgusting thing/person and 'dog' merely specifies/strengthens that image (a dog's excrement), so the overall derogatory sense is predictable. The compositional pattern (animal + excrement insult) is straightforward and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the intended vulgar meaning.
Etymology
The noun dog turd comes from the literal image of a small pile of a dog's poop on the ground; picture stepping near it, and you remember it means 'a piece of solid waste left by a dog'.