Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: dung
IPA transcription: [d'ʌŋ]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: droppings, dung, muck
    Meaning: fecal matter of animals
Usage examples
  • They hate black as they do dung, and therefore they dislike the Japanese, who are fond of black.
  • For colic, powdered horse's teeth, dung of swine, asses' kidneys, mice excretion made into a plaster, and other equally vile and unsavory compounds.
  • But up rose the lions and tore the Trolls into small pieces, so that the place looked as if a dung heap had been tossed about it; and when they had finished the Trolls they lay down again.
  • And if any one comes into the house, it's into the room he'll slip, not to see them; and as to work, he has the garden dug to bits, and the whole place smeared with cow dung; and such a crop as was never seen; and the alders all plaited till they look grand.