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turd

/tɜːd/ Australia, UK
/tɝd/ US
/tʌɹd/ Scotland
/tøːd/ New Zealand
/teːd/
/tɛːd/

Rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)d

Where it comes from

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.

noun turds

informal, mildly, vulgar A piece of solid feces. Ugh, there are turds in the toilet that haven’t been flushed away.
humorous, informal, mildly, vulgar A worthless person or thing. Last year, he arrested some crankhead turd, brings him down to the station. The guy's cuffed and Fred sets him down on the bench in the booking room. Now you know Fred, right? Not an abusive guy. Never even talks smack to suspects. Well, this turd, he starts kicking and shouting, […]

verb turds · turding · turded

rare, slang, transitive, vulgar To defecate. You ought to see that owlet […] . We brought it to table and it turded in F's salad, it sits on your finger and squeaks like Peggy does when she gets tipsy.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: shit, poop, crap, dirt, doo, scumbag, kinky, junk, dung, dipshit, poo, moron, punk, dope, buffoon, fool

Translations

Every language

noun piece of solid feces

Español	mojón, zurullo, bojote, cerote, boñigo, truño
한국어	똥 ttong
日本語	屎 kuso, 糞 kuso, 糞 fun, 大便 daiben
中文	糞 /粪 fèn, 大便 dàbiàn
हिन्दी	लींड līṇḍ, लेंडी leṇḍī
Português	tolete, cagalhão, troço
Français	étron, crotte
Deutsch	Kackwurst, Haufen, Hundehaufen, Pferdeapfel
Italiano	stronzo
Ελληνικά	κουράδα kouráda, σκατό skató
Română	scârnă, rahat, căcat
Русский	говно́ govnó, ка́ка káka, кака́шка kakáška, катя́х katjáx
العربية	غَائِط ḡāʔiṭ, بِرَاز birāz, خِرَاء ḵirāʔ, خَرَاء ḵarāʔ
עברית	חרא khara

noun worthless person or thing

Deutsch	Scheißtyp, Mist

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@misc{turd_2026,
  title = {turd},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/turd},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}