move one's bowels

Have a BM

To move one's bowels is to defecate—to expel feces from the body.

The phrase is somewhat clinical or euphemistic, the kind of language a doctor might use: Have you moved your bowels today?

A bowel movement is the noun form.

Related

daily routine · peristalsis · feces · laxatives · gastroenterology · rectum · hygiene practices · number two · go to the bathroom · nature calls · bathroom break · colon · intestines · toilet humor · fiber intake · euphemism · anal sphincter · poop

Opposites
bodily retention vs. elimination

move one's bowelsretain

Keep possession of

constipate · withhold · abstain

type of excretion

move one's bowelsurinate

Expel bodily fluid

pass water · micturate · pee

digestive direction

move one's bowelsvomit

Eject stomach contents

throw up · regurgitate · retch · be sick · upchuck

Family

move, moves, moved, moving, mover, movement, movements, movable, immovable

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG