Definition

1. Noun:
   • A piece of excrement; feces: A vulgar and offensive term for a single piece of solid waste matter from the bowels.

Usage

• The word "turd" is a highly informal, vulgar, and offensive slang term. It is considered obscene and should be avoided in polite, formal, or professional conversation. Its primary use is for crude humor, insult, or to express extreme disgust.

Examples

• Noun:
  • The dog left a turd on the lawn.
  • He stepped in a turd while walking through the field.

Advanced Usage

• Used as an insult: The term can be used metaphorically to describe a contemptible or unpleasant person.
  • That guy is a real turd. (Meaning: That person is very unpleasant or despicable.)

Variants and Related Words

• Turds (n): The plural form.
  • Clean up the turds after your dog.

Synonyms

• Feces: (Formal/medical) The solid waste matter discharged from the bowels.
• Excrement: (Formal) Waste matter discharged from the bowels.
• Dung: (Often used for animal waste)
• Dropping: (Often used for animal waste, especially birds)
• Stool: (Medical term)
• Waste: (General term)
• Manure: (Processed animal excrement used as fertilizer)

Idioms and Phrases

• Piece of turd: An idiom used to describe something of very poor quality or a very unpleasant person.
  • This old car is a real piece of turd. (Meaning: This car is in very bad condition.)
• Turd in the punchbowl: A vulgar idiom for a person or thing that spoils a pleasant situation or event.
  • Don't be such a turd in the punchbowl; everyone is trying to have fun.

Noun

1. obscene terms for feces