"doo-doo" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: Reduplication of doo. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} doo-doo (uncountable)
  1. (colloquial, euphemistic, often childish) Excrement. Tags: childish, colloquial, euphemistic, often, uncountable Categories (topical): Feces
    Sense id: en-doo-doo-en-noun-kVkXYghy Disambiguation of Feces: 95 5 Categories (other): English euphemisms
  2. (colloquial) Difficulty; trouble. Tags: colloquial, uncountable
    Sense id: en-doo-doo-en-noun-WMuABFpH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 8 92 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 12 88 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 6 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: poo-poo, doodoo Derived forms: doodoohead Related terms: doody

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