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pass motion

pass motion verb: to defecate; to go to the toilet; to move one's bowels.

Verb

pass motion (third-person singular simple present passes motion, present participle passing motion, simple past and past participle passed motion)

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore, euphemistic, intransitive) To defecate; to go to the toilet; to move one's bowels.

Forms of pass motion

third-person singular presentpasses motion
present participlepassing motion
past participlepassed motion
pastpassed motion

Origin of pass motion

A preserved usage of a dated euphemism, from pass + motion (“a movement of the bowels”). Compare pass gas.

Questions about pass motion

What does pass motion mean?
Pass motion means to defecate; to go to the toilet; to move one's bowels.
What part of speech is pass motion?
Pass motion is a verb.
What is the past tense of pass motion?
The past tense of pass motion is passed motion.

Words near pass motion in the dictionary

  1. pass grip
  2. pass grips
  3. pass in one's checks
  4. pass it down
  5. pass judgment
  6. pass motion
  7. pass muster
  8. Pass of Brander
  9. pass off
  10. pass off as
  11. pass on

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