bowel movement

noun — 2 senses

bowel movement

noun
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:
2

The feces thus produced.

Related terms
move one's bowels

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