"take a dump" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-take a dump.ogg [Australia] Forms: takes a dump [present, singular, third-person], taking a dump [participle, present], took a dump [past], taken a dump [participle, past]
Etymology: From slang use of dump in reference to an act of defecation. Etymology templates: {{m|en|dump}} dump Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> a dump}} take a dump (third-person singular simple present takes a dump, present participle taking a dump, simple past took a dump, past participle taken a dump)
  1. (euphemistic slang) To defecate. Tags: euphemistic, slang Synonyms: take a shit, take the browns to the super bowl, defecate Translations (defecate): χέζω (khézō) (Ancient Greek), dozviñ ur vi hep pluskenn (Breton), leuskel ur bouton (Breton), brobroter (French), caguer (French), chier (French), couler un bronze (French), déposer ses enfants à la piscine (French), mouler un cake (French), parachuter un congolais (French), poser une pêche (French), tartir (French), einen abseilen (German), χέζω (chézo) (Greek), دستشویی رفتن (Persian), قضای حاجت کردن (Persian), به توالت رفتن (Persian), ریدن (Persian), مدفوع کردن (Persian), wysrać się (Polish)

Inflected forms

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