dung
noun
- feces, manure
- something repulsive
verb
- to fertilize or dress with manure
- to defecate
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈdʌŋ/ / /dʊŋ/ / /dʊŋɡ/
intj
Etymology: Onomatopoeic.
- Alternative spelling of dong (“sound of a bell”).
name
Etymology: Etymology tree Vietnamese Dũngbor. English Dung Borrowed from Vietnamese Dũng.
- A male given name from Vietnamese.
noun
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”). Superseded non-native Middle English fen (“dung, excrement, filth”), from Old French fien, fiente (“dung, manure”).
- Manure; animal excrement.
“Poor Tom, that eats the swimming frog, the toad, the todpole, the wall-newt, and the water; that in the fury of his heart, when the foul fiend rages, eats cow-dung for sallets; swallows the old rat and the ditch-dog; drinks the green mantle of the standing pool[…]”
“Behold, I will corrupt your seed, and spread dung upon your faces, even the dung of your solemn feasts; and one shall take you away with it.”
- A type of manure, as from a particular species or type of animal.
- A tailor's employee, usually one who is paid by the piece rather than by the day.
verb
Etymology: unknown
- To discard (especially rubbish); to chuck out.