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dung.

Manure; animal excrement.

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈdʌŋ//dʊŋ/Midlands, Northern-England/dʊŋɡ/Midlands, Northern-England

  1. Manure; animal excrement.

    uncountable

  2. A type of manure, as from a particular species or type of animal.

    countable

  3. A tailor's employee, usually one who is paid by the piece rather than by the day.

    UK · countable · obsolete · slang
Where this word comes from

From Middle English dung, dunge, donge, from Old English dung (“dung; excrement; manure”), from Proto-West Germanic *dungu, from Proto-Germanic *dungō (“dung”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover”). Superseded non-native Middle English fen (“dung, excrement, filth”), from Old French fien, fiente (“dung, manure”).

verb/ˈdʌŋ//dʊŋ/Midlands, Northern-England/dʊŋɡ/Midlands, Northern-England

  1. To fertilize with dung.

    transitive

  2. To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung, done to remove the superfluous mordant.

    transitive

  3. To release dung: to defecate.

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English dung, dunge, donge, from Old English dung (“dung; excrement; manure”), from Proto-West Germanic *dungu, from Proto-Germanic *dungō (“dung”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰengʰ- (“to cover”). Superseded non-native Middle English fen (“dung, excrement, filth”), from Old French fien, fiente (“dung, manure”).

verb/ˈdʌŋ//dʊŋ/Midlands, Northern-England/dʊŋɡ/Midlands, Northern-England

  1. To discard (especially rubbish); to chuck out.

    colloquial
Where this word comes from

unknown

verb/ˈdʌŋ//dʊŋ/Midlands, Northern-England/dʊŋɡ/Midlands, Northern-England

  1. past participle of ding

    form-of · obsolete · participle · past
Where this word comes from

See ding

intj/ˈdʌŋ//dʊŋ/Midlands, Northern-England/dʊŋɡ/Midlands, Northern-England

  1. Alternative spelling of dong (“sound of a bell”).

    alt-of · alternative
Where this word comes from

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