bowel movement

noun

The discharge of feces from the body, an act of defecation.

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Meanings

nounbowel movement (plural bowel movements)

plural bowel movements

  1. The discharge of feces from the body, an act of defecation.

    Mid-March 2021, at a bowling alley, I watch balls thunder down lanes and wonder if I’ve had a bowel movement since Presidents’ Day.

    2022 October 2, Cara Schacter, “My Year of Stress and Constipation”, in The New York Times

    Synonyms: big jobs, cack, call of nature, crap, crapping, defecating, defecation, doing one's ease

  2. The feces thus produced.

    Synonyms: boo-boo, boom-boom, BM, caca, cack, chocolate, chocolate hot dog, crap

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe discharge of feces from the body, an act of defecation.

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big jobscackcall of naturecrapcrappingdefecatingdefecationdoing one's easedoing one's easementdumpdumpingeasementhodmotionnumber twopoopoohpooppurging

nounThe feces thus produced.

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More synonyms by meaning

nouna euphemism for defecation

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defecationlaxationshitting
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan defecació, deposició
  • defecaciódischarge of feces
  • deposiciófeces thus produced
Chinese Mandarin 排便, 糞便 /粪便
  • 排便 (páibiàn)discharge of feces
  • 糞便 /粪便 (fènbiàn)feces thus produced
Czech stolice
  • stolicedischarge of feces
Dutch stoelgang, ontlasting
  • stoelgangdischarge of feces
  • ontlastingdischarge of feces
Finnish ulostaminen, uloste
  • ulostaminendischarge of feces
  • ulostefeces thus produced
French défécation, fèces
  • défécationdischarge of feces
  • fècesfeces thus produced
German Stuhlgang
  • Stuhlgangdischarge of feces
Hungarian székelés, székletürítés
  • székelésdischarge of feces
  • székletürítésdischarge of feces
  • székletfeces thus produced
Italian defecazione, feci
  • defecazionedischarge of feces
  • fecifeces thus produced
Polish wypróżnienie, kał
  • wypróżnieniedischarge of feces
  • kałfeces thus produced
  • stolecfeces thus produced
Portuguese movimento intestinal, evacuação
  • movimento intestinaldischarge of feces
  • evacuaçãodischarge of feces
  • defecaçãodischarge of feces
  • fezesfeces thus produced
Spanish defecación, heces
  • defecacióndischarge of feces
  • hecesfeces thus produced
Turkish bağırsak hareketi
  • bağırsak hareketidischarge of feces
Cite this entry
APA

bowel movement. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowel%20movement

MLA

“bowel movement.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowel%20movement. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bowel movement,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bowel%20movement.

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