Phrase guide

move one's bowels

verb · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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verb

Meaning 1

To excrete feces from one's bowels: to defecate.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: euphemistic

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: take a dump, boo-boo, cack, choke a darkie, crap, defecate, do one's ease, ease oneself, do a number two, do one's easement, drite, drop a bomb, drop a chalupa, drop a deuce, drop anchor, drop the kids off at the pool, dung, excrementize, feceate, have a shit, move one's bowels, pinch a loaf, pinch one off, poo, pooh, poop, sharn, shart, shiss, shit, shite, stool, take a shit, take a crap, take the Browns to the Super Bowl, uncoil, void one's bowels

Antonyms: none provided

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Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 上大號 /上大号 (shàng dàhào) — (euphemism) excrete feces
  • Esperanto: feki — (euphemism) excrete feces
  • Finnish: ulostaa — (euphemism) excrete feces
  • Galician: facer de ventre — (euphemism) excrete feces
  • Polish: oddawać stolec — (euphemism) excrete feces
  • Polish: oddać stolec — (euphemism) excrete feces
  • Portuguese: dar uma barrigada — (euphemism) excrete feces
  • Russian: опорожнить кишечник (oporožnitʹ kišečnik) — (euphemism) excrete feces
  • Spanish: mover el vientre — (euphemism) excrete feces
  • Spanish: hacer de vientre — (euphemism) excrete feces
  • Spanish: hacer aguas mayores — (euphemism) excrete feces