Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

move one's bowels

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.06 in modern English

Syllables: move one's bow-els
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

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

Example Sentences

"Too great emphasis on privacy in connection with the eliminative functions may, in some instances, result in a child's inability to urinate or move his bowels in an unfamiliar setting."
"Three days before the fight he was eating fruit. . . . "Keeps my system regular," he said. ". . . Keeps you from getting old, moving your bowels regular.""
"In the middle of the night the woman moved her bowels. The sharp stink of it pervaded the room."

Inflected Forms

moves one's bowels (present, singular) moving one's bowels (participle, present) moved one's bowels (participle, past) moved one's bowels (past)

Phrases

bowel movement

Frequently Paired Words

bowel movement feces

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

Questions

What does move one's bowels mean?: To excrete feces from one's bowels: to defecate.

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