move one's bowels
English
Verb
move one's bowels (third-person singular simple present moves one's bowels, present participle moving one's bowels, simple past and past participle moved one's bowels)
- (euphemistic) To excrete feces from one's bowels: to defecate.
- 1958, Marion E. Faegre; et al, Child Care and Training, 8th ed., Minnesota Press Archival Editions, →ISBN, page 99:
- Too great emphasis on privacy in connection with the eliminative functions may, in some instances, result in a child's inability to urinate or move his bowels in an unfamiliar setting.
- 1980 Oct. 5, Tony Kornheiser, "Ali Not Oblivious To the Obvious," Washington Post (retrieved 26 July 2015):
- Three days before the fight he was eating fruit. . . . "Keeps my system regular," he said. ". . . Keeps you from getting old, moving your bowels regular."
- 2013 Nov. 27, Joyce Wadler, "Bad Thanksgiving," New York Times (retrieved 26 July 2015):
- In the middle of the night the woman moved her bowels. The sharp stink of it pervaded the room.
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Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:defecate
Related terms
- bowel movement
Translations
(euphemism) excrete feces
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