Definition of TURD

turd

Plural: turds

Noun

  • obscene terms for feces
  • A piece of solid feces.
  • A worthless person or thing.

Verb

  • To defecate.

Examples

  • Ugh, there are turds in the toilet that haven’t been flushed away.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English toord, tord, from Old English tord (“piece of dung, excrement, filth”), from Proto-West Germanic *tord, from Proto-Germanic *turdą (“manure, mud”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split, flay”). Cognate with Old English tyrdel (“dropping, small piece of excrement”), Old High German zort (“dung, excrement”), Old Norse torð- (“dung-”, in compounds), Middle Dutch tord (“lump of excrement”). More at tear, treddle.

Synonyms

crap, dirt, poop, shit, shite

Scrabble Score: 5

turd: not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
turd: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
turd: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

turd: valid Words With Friends Word