"doo-doo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /duːdu/ [US] Audio: En-us-doo-doo.oga [General-American] Forms: doodoo [alternative]
Etymology: Reduplication of doo. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:redup|doo}} [Appendix:Glossary#reduplication|Reduplication]] of", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "doo", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "reduplication" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "doo-doo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="doo-doo">, {{reduplication|en|doo}} Reduplication of doo Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} doo-doo (uncountable)
  1. (colloquial, euphemistic, often childish) Excrement. Tags: childish, colloquial, euphemistic, often, uncountable
    Sense id: en-doo-doo-en-noun-kVkXYghy Categories (other): English euphemisms, Feces Disambiguation of Feces: 50 50 0
  2. (colloquial, euphemistic, often childish) Excrement.
    (by extension) A brown color inspired by the color of feces.
    Tags: broadly, childish, colloquial, euphemistic, often, uncountable
    Sense id: en-doo-doo-en-noun-k-BDLkFC Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, English reduplications, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon, Browns, Colors, Feces Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 29 45 26 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 30 44 26 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 51 23 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 15 72 13 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 11 79 10 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 11 79 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 11 79 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 87 6 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 5 91 4 Disambiguation of Browns: 17 68 15 Disambiguation of Colors: 12 78 10 Disambiguation of Feces: 50 50 0
  3. (colloquial) Difficulty; trouble. Tags: colloquial, uncountable
    Sense id: en-doo-doo-en-noun-WMuABFpH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: poo-poo Derived forms: doodoohead, doo-doo hole Related terms: doody

Alternative forms

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