English Explanatory Dictionary

turd

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A piece of solid feces.
  2. A worthless person or thing.
verb
  1. To defecate.

Pronunciation

/tɜːd/ en-au-turd.ogg tûrd /tɝd/ /tʌɹd/ /tøːd/ /teːd/ /tɛːd/

Word forms

turd turds turding turded

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.

Derived words

atomic buffalo turd cowturd dogturd ghost turd polish a turd Tom-turd tumble-turd turdball turdbreath turdbucket turdburger turd burglar turd cutter turd-eater turdface turdfeatures turdhat turdhead turd in the punchbowl turdis turdish turdler turdless turdlet turdlicker turdmouth turdmuffin turdnugget turdnut turdpile Turd Reich turd strangler Turd World turdy you can't polish a turd Zioturd
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