doody

/duːdi/

doody noun: excrement, poop.

Noun (1)

doody (usually uncountable, plural doodies)

(US, childish, slang, usually) Excrement, poop.
- Petra would like to drop despondently onto a rock to pout, but you have to look before you sit, because there are goat doodies everywhere.2007, Brian Bouldrey, Honorable bandit: a walk across Corsica

Verb

doody (third-person singular simple present doodies, present participle doodying, simple past and past participle doodied)

(US, childish, intransitive, slang) To defecate, poop.
- Something smells poopy! It's okay if you just doodied, because we have LOTS of paper towels and extra socks.2014, Jason James Johnson, Catbug Says, →ISBN

Noun (2)

doody (plural doodies)

(historical) A copper coin of India.

Proper noun capitalized: Doody

Doody (plural Doodys)

A surname.

Forms of doody

Noun
plural	doodies
alternative form	doodie
alternative form	dooty
Verb
third-person singular present	doodies
present participle	doodying
past participle	doodied
past	doodied
Proper noun
plural	Doodys

Origin of doody

Respelling of duty (“act of urinating or defecating”), possibly by analogy with doodoo and/or because the sense is so far removed from the usual meaning of "duty."

Questions about doody

What does doody mean?: Doody means excrement, poop.
What part of speech is doody?: Doody can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce doody?: Doody is pronounced /duːdi/.
What is the plural of doody?: The plural of doody is doodies.

Words near doody in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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