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movement

movement

17 7.3
Passing solid waste from the body
  • noun
  • /ˈmuːvmənt/
  • Formal
: evacuación intestinal
  • I have no time to listen to your stories about your bowel movements.
  • bowel movement

So I typically feel my bowel movements are normal.

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Examples

Synonyms

dump
vsmovement
  • Offensive
47 8.8

A rude word for when someone poops

is a polite, formal euphemism used instead of crude language
bowel movement
vsmovement
  • Specialized
16 3.2

Passing waste from your body

is the shorter euphemistic form used especially in medical phrases
defecation
vsmovement
  • Formal
4 5.1

Passing solid waste out of the body through the anus

is a milder, more polite expression used in formal or medical contexts
bm
vsmovement
  • NSFW
1 9.9

A person's poop that comes out when they go to the toilet

is the full euphemistic form used in polite or medical speech
laxation
vsmovement
  • Specialized
1 9.9

The passing of solid waste from the body through the anus

is a general euphemism rather than a technical medical term

Compounds

A mass movement in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s to win equal rights for Black Americans

A group of people who work together to change laws or government policy

19 3.6

An organized group of workers and unions trying to get better pay and conditions

A large group of people who work together to bring social or political change

bowel movement
  • Specialized
16 3.2

Passing waste from your body

A group of people who try to stop a war by holding peaceful protests

People who work to get equal rights and chances for women

A group of people working together to make social or political change

troop movement
  • Specialized
11 4.4

Soldiers travel together from one place to another in an organized way

eye movement
  • Specialized
10 3.2

The way the eyes move when reading, showing attention or tiredness

A group of people who try to change beliefs and practices about faith

A group of young people who work together for social or political change

5 4.4

A group of artists who share ideas and work in the same style

A movement by Jewish people to create a country for Jews in Palestine

rapid eye movement
  • Specialized
3 3.9

A stage of sleep when the eyes move quickly and you have vivid dreams

birther movement
  • Literature
3 8.6

A political group that says a public figure was not born in the country and so cannot be president

A group of people who spread new art, music, or ideas that change society

sense of movement
  • Specialized
2 6.0

The feeling of where and how your arms or legs move

A series of campaigns in the 1960s and 1970s asking for equal rights for women

An organized effort by workers to improve pay and working conditions

A Palestinian political and armed group called Hamas that fights Israel and seeks to replace it with an Islamic state

pincer movement
  • Specialized
1 7.5

Attack from two sides at the same time to surround an enemy

A campaign to get equal rights for gay people

1 3.7

A sleep stage when the eyes move quickly and most dreaming happens

A group of artists who share a style or ideas shown in their work

tectonic movement
  • Specialized
1 4.9

Movement of large parts of the Earth's outer layer that makes earthquakes or mountains

A group of writers from the same time who share similar style and ideas

A movement that tries to bring Christian churches together in unity

1 3.9

A baby that moves inside the mother's womb during pregnancy

feeling of movement
  • Specialized
1 6.0

A sense of where your arms and legs are and how they change position

Brownian movement
  • Specialized
1 7.6

Random movement of tiny particles in a liquid or gas when molecules hit them

A group within Sunni Islam that wants to follow the practices of the earliest Muslims and oppose new religious practices

Romantic Movement
  • Literature
1 7.5

A movement in art and writing that values strong feeling and nature over reason

apparent movement
  • Specialized
1 7.6

An effect that makes still pictures shown quickly seem to move, as in movies

A large Hasidic Jewish group that sends people to teach and help Jewish communities worldwide

periodic movement
  • Specialized
1 6.1

Motion that repeats at regular times, like a swinging pendulum

1 5.1

A social movement that works for women's rights and gender equality

1 9.9

A 19th-century group in the Church of England that wanted to bring back Catholic traditions and oppose some modern changes

A Palestinian armed group known for killing eleven Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics

An armed left-wing rebel group in Peru formed in 1983 to try to overthrow the government

An armed group of Uighur Muslims who want their own country in Xinjiang and use violence

crustal movement
  • Specialized
1 7.7

Movement of the Earth's top rock layer that changes the land and causes earthquakes

nonrapid eye movement
  • Specialized
1 4.3

The part of sleep when your eyes stay still and you do not dream

1 3.7

A part of sleep without fast eye movements or dreams when the body repairs itself

9.9

A right-wing political movement in 1930s Ireland that wore blue shirts and opposed left-wing groups

9.3

A group of men who support progressive ideas about gender and masculinity

A Japanese dance style with slow, controlled movements that shows strong feelings

chiliast movement
  • Specialized
9.9

A religious group that believes a thousand-year time of peace will begin soon because of a prediction

9.9

A political group that mixes Christian beliefs with authoritarian, fascist ideas

A Uighur Muslim group that wants Xinjiang to be independent and is listed as a terrorist group by some countries

A rude, offensive word that people use to insult parts of American culture and its supporters

A European movement, mostly in Germany, in the 1700s that supported reason and individual rights

A happy feeling you get when you move your body, like dancing or walking

An armed Islamic group that carries out attacks in Kashmir to make it part of Pakistan

9.9

A political movement that supports extreme love of country and says straight relationships are normal

A Palestinian militant group that wants an Islamic state and the destruction of Israel

A group that wants local people to make decisions instead of a central government

9.9

A 19th-century group in the Church of England that wanted to bring back Catholic rituals

paytriot movement
  • Neologism
9.0

A campaign asking Americans to buy American-made products to support the country

A movement that mixes strict evangelical Christian beliefs with Taliban-like rules and attitudes

A group that supports people choosing how to show their gender instead of following what their body or others expect

Trumpista movement
  • Literature
8.2

A political group of people who support Donald Trump and his ideas

8.7

A way people support causes online with little real effort, like sharing posts or signing petitions

8.6

People who want stronger digital privacy laws and protection for whistleblowers

welfariat movement
  • Neologism
9.8

A group that works to improve welfare and help people on benefits

wokeling movement
  • Offensive
9.6

A group of people who support social justice causes but are often seen as seeking attention or being unrealistic

How Severe

the shits
  • Offensive
6 9.9
diarrhea
  • US
85 2.1
the trots
  • Offensive
2 9.9
movement
  • Formal
17 7.3

Surface Forms

movement singular
movements plural

Morphology

movement = move (opaque) = move + ment

Although morphologically 'move' + '-ment', the euphemistic medical sense 'defecation' is a specialized, idiomatic extension not predictable from the base verb.

Etymology

The word movement comes from the Latin movere 'to move' and is the same root as move and motion. In the phrase 'bowel movement' it is a gentle or polite way to say the body's natural moving action, so a movement means the act of passing waste.