🗑️ Uncontained 👕 Not tight 🏀 Free, not held 📋 Not strict 🕊️ To set free 🗣️ Careless or immoral 🪨 Not packed 🚽 Watery stools

loose

1 6.0

Soft, watery bowel movements that happen often

adjective
/luːs/

: heces sueltas

In her home setting, one of the female patients could not understand why she was having loose stools.
loose stools
loose or watery stools
three loose stools

And you know, people are very well vary in terms of their sensitivity, sensitivity to fibre if they're experiencing looser stools.

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Examples

If you begin to experience loose bowels, you are using too much!

Blog text (18)
Onset of pain is associated with a change in form (appearance) of stools (hard, loose, lumpy, more fluid).

Academic text (2012)
Loose stomach means full toilet.

Blue in the Face (1995)
An episode of diarrhoea was defined as the occurrence of loose, watery stools "more times than the fingers on one hand."

Academic text (1996)
The doctor asked if he had been experiencing any loose stools after changing his diet.
After eating that spicy food, she complained of a loose stool the next morning.
He noted that the child's loose bowels were a sign of the stomach bug going around.

Synonyms

lax

vsloose

Specialized

1 7.9

Having soft or watery stools that come often

focuses on waste or function tending to empty easily or excessively

Antonyms

constipated

23 5.1

Not able to pass stool easily

Idioms

on the loose

71 4.5

Free after escaping confinement and possibly dangerous, hard to find

all hell broke loose

Informal

14 8.1

A sudden time of chaos and confusion that spreads quickly

to play fast and loose

Informal

9 8.0

Act in a careless way by ignoring rules and other people's feelings

all hell will break loose

Informal

3 7.9

A sudden time when many people lose control and chaos starts

at loose ends

Informal

3 7.2

Feeling unsure what to do and not busy

loose lips sink ships

Informal

2 7.7

A warning that careless talk can cause trouble by revealing secrets

loose as a goose

Informal

1 8.4

Being very relaxed and not worried, acting carefree and playful

all bedlam broke loose

Informal

1 9.9

Sudden noisy chaos starts

Compounds

loose end

Informal

67 3.7

An unfinished small task or detail that still needs doing

loose cannon

Informal

29 7.4

A person who acts unpredictably and can cause problems

screw-loose

Offensive

11 9.0

Behaving in a strange or not sensible way

loose change

11 3.1

Small coins people keep in pockets or jars

loose lip

Informal

6 7.7

A person who talks too much and tells secrets

loose-fitting

6 2.6

Not tight on the body so clothes hang away from you

loose woman

Offensive

3 8.5

A woman who has many sexual partners and is judged by others

loose-jointed

1 6.7

The parts of something move easily when they are not held together firmly

loose fish

Informal

1 9.9

A person who feels out of place in a group

loose-leaf lettuce

1 2.7

A type of lettuce with loose leaves that do not form a head

loose sentence

Specialized

1 8.3

A way of writing where the main idea comes first and extra details follow

loose-jowled

1 8.6

Having loose skin under the chin that hangs down

loose-toothed smile

1 7.7

A smile that shows loose teeth about to fall out

loose smut

Specialized

1 9.9

A disease of wheat or barley that turns the grain head into a powder of fungus

loose man

Offensive

7.9

A man who has sex with many people or cheats on his partner

How Solid

hard

631 1.0

formed

33 1.5

soft

557 1.0

loose

1 6.0

runny

31 1.0

watery

7 1.0

Surface Forms

loose positive

looser comparative

loosest superlative

Etymology

Loose comes from an old German word lōs meaning 'free' or 'not held'. In the medical sense, loose stools are not firm or held together, so they come out easily.