Standard Lemma guide

doody

name · noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /duːdi/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: duty (for some speakers)
  • CMU ARPABET: D UW1 D IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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2

noun

Meaning 2

Excrement, poop.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, childish, slang, uncountable, usually

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3

noun

Meaning 3

A copper coin of India.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: historical

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4

verb

Meaning 4

To defecate, poop.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, childish, intransitive, slang

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History

Etymology

Respelling of duty (“act of urinating or defecating”), possibly by analogy with doodoo and/or because the sense is so far removed from the usual meaning of "duty."