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Meaning of "turd" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TURD

Old English tord; related to Old Norse tordy fill dung beetle, Dutch tort dung.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF TURD

tɜːd


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF TURD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Turd is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES TURD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Feces

Feces, or faeces, also known as excrement, is waste product from an animal's digestive tract expelled through the anus or cloaca during a process called defecation.

Definition of turd in the English dictionary

The definition of turd in the dictionary is a lump of dung; piece of excrement. Other definition of turd is an unpleasant or contemptible person or thing.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH TURD

absurd · bird · bluebird · blurred · Byrd · crossword · deferred · firebird · heard · herd · hummingbird · Hurd · keyword · nerd · password · preferred · third · thunderbird · Verde · word

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE TURD

turbot · turbulator · turbulence · turbulency · turbulent · turbulent flow · turbulently · Turco · turcopole · turcopolier · turdine · turducken · tureen · Turenne · turf · turf accountant · turf dancing · turf out · turf war · turf-like

WORDS THAT END LIKE TURD

bean curd · bottle gourd · bourd · curd · dishcloth gourd · Douglas Hurd · gourd · Kurd · lemon curd · nurd · Sigurd · sour gourd · surd · the absurd · theatre of the absurd · urd

Synonyms and antonyms of turd in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «turd» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF TURD

Find out the translation of turd to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of turd from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «turd» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

turd
570 millions of speakers
en

English

turd
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

turd
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

غائط
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

какашка
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

bosta
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

turd
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

merde
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Turd
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Stuhlgang
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Turd
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

turd
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

அமைதியற்ற
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

तुकडे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

bok
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

turd
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

łajno
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

какашка
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

rahat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

σβουνιά
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

drol
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

turd
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

turd
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of turd

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «TURD»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of turd
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «turd».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about turd

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TURD»

Discover the use of turd in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to turd and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Turd Ferguson and the Sausage Party: An Uncensored Guide to ...
An Uncensored Guide to College Slang. Breaking the Seal Going pee pee for the first time during the night. Once the seal is broken, restroom trips become much more frequent. Also known as FFP (Fatal First Pee). Usually, followed by an ISP ...
‎2004
2
The People Are the News: Grant Pick’s Chicago Stories
On the Madhouse Renzetti's role is to perform one stunt each morning and translate it on the air, each appearance preceded by a drumbeat and the chant “ Turd, Turd, here comes da Turd.” Virtually all of the stunts are Muller's idea. Usually he ...
Grant Pick, John Pick, 2008
3
Ubu Roi
MAMA TURD. Do not interrupt me or I shall fall silent, and that means your ass in a sling. PAPA TURD. Oh, my strumpot! I'll be quiet, I won't say another word. Continue, Madame Apparition. MAMA TURD. We were saying, Master Turd, that  ...
Alfred Jarry, 2012
4
Crazy Horse: A Lakota Life
Long Turd, like Horn Chips, was a Rock dreamer, a practitioner of the cult practice yuwipi, in which the dreamer was bound hand and foot inside a darkened dpi. Long Turd was a superlative practitioner. To awestruck audiences the tipi shook, ...
Kingsley M. Bray, 2011
5
Trojans 1972: An Immortal Team of Mortal Men
Pete had two momentous events occur in his senior year—winning the national championship (which has been discussed) and the adoption of his dog, Turd. One September evening in 1972, Pete was preparing to take his girlfriend back to  ...
Bill Block, 2009
6
Alien Artifice
The turd had sprouted legs. Gordon continued his observations at ground level. He was only a few feet from the now fully animated turd. It had six legs and two feelers. The feelers were waving about as though the turd was trying to decide on a ...
Mark Chapman
7
It Sucks to Know Me
Glenn Allen. district be on his campaign committee even though Turd had been in office for only two years. Much to his dismay and regret, the challenger found out, fortunately not too late, that Turd had been embezzling his campaign funds.
Glenn Allen, 2011
8
Satire TV: Politics and Comedy in the Post-Network Era
In “Douche and Turd,” the 2004 presidential election finds carnivalesque representation as a hard-fought campaign over a new South Park Elementary School mascot. This campaign is initiated after the animal rights group PETA ( People for ...
Jonathan Gray, Jeffrey P. Jones, Ethan Thompson, 2009
9
Bertolt Brecht's Berlin: A Scrapbook of the Twenties
Bert Brecht, at any rate, wrote a poem ahout it: I'm a turd. From myself I can only demand weakness, hetrayal, and ruin hut one day I notice: It's getting hetter: I've wind in my sails: my tune is here, I can he hetter than a turd — I've hegun.
Wolf Von Eckardt, Sander L. Gilman, 1993
10
A Companion to the British and Irish Short Story
This is particularly noticeable in “The Tale of the Turd,” “The Flies,” and “With Your Tongue Down My Throat.” “The Tale of the Turd” makes this process clear: we begin with an apparently realistic setting, in which an engaging first-person ...
David Malcolm, Cheryl Alexander Malcolm, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TURD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term turd is used in the context of the following news items.
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The floating turd mystery that still haunts NASA
During Apollo 10 — in which a crewed spacecraft orbited the moon as a dress rehearsal for the first lunar landing — astronauts encountered a deep mystery. «Vox, May 15»
2
News Woodstock & Region
Tyler Irvine, owner of the Turd Burglar, shows off the tools of the trade at his Woodstock home. (HEATHER RIVERS, Sentinel-Review) ... «Woodstock Sentinel Review, Apr 15»
3
Sabres bidding farewell to 'turd burger' jerseys
If it's a turd burger I'll have to put it on a bun and eat it. It's the way it is.” If nothing else, kudos to Buffalo for giving us one of the worst jerseys of all time, and the ... «NBCSports.com, Mar 15»
4
'Hiding a turd': A look inside the murky world of agency trading desks
Editor's note: This confession contains information regarding WPP and AppNexus from the point of view and experience of a well-placed source, independent of ... «Digiday, Jan 15»
5
Senator David Leyonhjelm in abusive email exchange with constituent
Senator Leyonhjelm returned fire, observing he was a “communist turd”, prompting some support from libertarians on Twitter. But Mr Burns said: “This is the ... «Herald Sun, Jan 15»
6
James Corden reveals way too much information about his penis
You really can't polish a turd,' he continued. The former Gavin And Stacey star has a number of A List friends on speed dial – including US Vogue editor Anna ... «Metro, Jan 15»
7
Alabama fan has an epic rant on Paul Finebaum's ESPN radio show
Phyllis responded to this argument by repeatedly calling Cowherd a “cow turd.” The best part is how calm Finebaum is as this woman calls his colleague every ... «USA TODAY, Oct 14»
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Turd Polish Futures Up 300 Percent On News That 2014 Midterm …
Spend any time reading the people whose job it is to assign heady unified field theorems to election years, and you will hear sad variations on a dull theme. «Huffington Post, Sep 14»
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'Useless Turd Bags': Cop Fired After Facebook Tirade Against Food …
When you're a cop, it may be okay to think that people who need to use food stamps to buy their groceries are “useless lazy turd bags.” But it's not okay to say so ... «The Inquisitr, Aug 14»
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Celebrities Read More Mean Tweets: Matthew McConaughey is a D …
... isn't amused by a suggestion that he should be hit by a bus... and Matthew McConaughey doesn't understand why anyone would refer to him as a "dick turd.". «The Hollywood Gossip, May 14»
REFERENCE
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