"doo-doo" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /duːdu/ [US] Audio: En-us-doo-doo.oga Forms: doodoo [alternative]
Etymology: Reduplication of doo. Etymology templates: {{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, English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, English reduplications, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Feces Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 53 47 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Feces: 100 0
  2. (colloquial) Difficulty; trouble. Tags: colloquial, uncountable
    Sense id: en-doo-doo-en-noun-WMuABFpH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplicated coordinated pairs, English reduplications, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of English reduplicated coordinated pairs: 53 47 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47
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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