dung

Plural: dungs

Noun

fecal matter of animals
Manure; animal excrement.
A type of manure, as from a particular species or type of animal.

Verb

Verb Forms: dunged, dunging, dungs

To fertilize land or plants with animal manure.
fertilize or dress with dung
- "you must dung the land"
defecate; used of animals
To fertilize with dung.
To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung, done to remove the superfluous mordant.
To release dung: to defecate.
past participle of ding
To discard (especially rubbish); to chuck out.

Intj

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

Examples

He tried to dung the board with high-scoring letters, hoping for growth.

Origin / Etymology

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”).

Synonyms

droppings, muck, defecate

Scrabble Score: 6

dung: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
dung: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
dung: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 9

dung: valid Words With Friends Word