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turd - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun A piece of excrement.
noun Slang A contemptible person.
from The Century Dictionary.
noun A ball or lump of excrement; dung.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
noun vulgar A piece of solid animal or human feces.
noun A pejorative term, typically directed at a person.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
noun obscene terms for feces
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Middle English, from Old English tord ; see der- in Indo-European roots.]
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From Middle English toord, tord , from Old English tord ("piece of excrement, dung, filth "), from Proto-Germanic *turdan (“mud, manure”), from Proto-Indo-European *der- (“to split, flay”). Cognate with Middle Dutch tord ("lump of excrement"), Old High German zort ("dung, excrement"), Old Norse torð- ("dung-", in compounds), Old English tyrdel ("dropping, small piece of excrement"). More at tear , treddle .
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A turd is still a turd no matter how you describe it but a turd is also illustrative of all that is wholesome about life here and everywhere.
The Veracruz You Do Not Know 2009
A turd is still a turd no matter how you describe it but a turd is also illustrative of all that is wholesome about life here and everywhere.
The Veracruz You Do Not Know 2009
A turd is still a turd no matter how you describe it but a turd is also illustrative of all that is wholesome about life here and everywhere.
The Veracruz You Do Not Know 2009
A turd is still a turd no matter how you describe it but a turd is also illustrative of all that is wholesome about life here and everywhere.
The Veracruz You Do Not Know 2009
A turd is still a turd no matter how you describe it but a turd is also illustrative of all that is wholesome about life here and everywhere.
The Veracruz You Do Not Know 2009
A turd is still a turd no matter how you describe it but a turd is also illustrative of all that is wholesome about life here and everywhere.
The Veracruz You Do Not Know 2009
A turd is still a turd no matter how you describe it but a turd is also illustrative of all that is wholesome about life here and everywhere.
The Veracruz You Do Not Know 2009
A turd is still a turd no matter how you describe it but a turd is also illustrative of all that is wholesome about life here and everywhere.
The Veracruz You Do Not Know 2009
A turd is still a turd no matter how you describe it but a turd is also illustrative of all that is wholesome about life here and everywhere.
The Veracruz You Do Not Know 2009
A turd is still a turd no matter how you describe it but a turd is also illustrative of all that is wholesome about life here and everywhere.
The Veracruz You Do Not Know 2009
yarb commented on the word turd
I shouldn't have left my husband
if the other man hadn't occurred -
told me he loved me more than his wife,
the turd.
- Peter Reading, Song of the Bedsit Girl, from Tom O' Bedlam's Beauties, 1981
June 29, 2008
tbtabby commented on the word turd
Means "fragile" in Persian.
July 13, 2009
michaelt42 commented on the word turd
Leading seaman's insult to new National Serviceman: You're going around like a turd in a trance (Royal Navy, ca. 1955).
April 3, 2012