defecate
verb
[ ˈdɛfɪkeɪt ]
• discharge faeces from the body.
Similar:
excrete,
pass/discharge/excrete faeces,
have a bowel movement,
have a BM,
evacuate one's bowels,
open one's bowels,
void excrement,
relieve oneself,
go to the lavatory,
do number two,
do a pooh,
do a whoopsie,
crap,
have a crap,
shit,
have a shit,
dump,
have a dump,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘clear of dregs, purify’): from Latin defaecat- ‘cleared of dregs’, from the verb defaecare, from de- (expressing removal) + faex, faec- ‘dregs’. The current sense dates from the mid 19th century.
