take a dump
Use the toilet
To take a dump is to defecate—vulgar but common in casual speech.
The phrase treats the act as something you do rather than something that happens to you: I need to take a dump before we leave.
Also take a shit, take a crap.
Waste disposal fixture
- bathroomRoom for hygiene
- restroomFacility with toilets
- latrineBasic outdoor toilet
- outhouseDetached backyard toilet
privy · john · loo · potty · commode · lavatory · head · can
Fecal discharge from body
- excretionRemoval of metabolic waste
- fecesSolid digestive waste
- stoolBackless sitting furniture
- evacuationRemoval from danger
elimination · defecation · number two · poop · crap · shit · droppings · waste
Worthless material or nonsense
- poopSolid bodily waste
- shitVulgar term for feces
- drop a deuceEmpty one's bowels
- drop anchorSecure a vessel
Total before subtractions
- vulgarCrude or indecent
- crassCrudely lacking refinement
- coarseRough in texture
- indelicateLacking refinement or tact
raunchy · lowbrow · potty humor · bathroom humor · obscene · off-color · tasteless · foul
To let go
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
- lightnessMinimal weight or gravity
- comfortEase or soothing relief
- satisfactionState of fulfilled desires
easing · emptying · decompression · liberation · respite · pressure relief · cleansing · purging
toilet
Waste disposal fixture
outhouse · privy · john · loo · potty · commode · lavatory · head · can · crapper
bowel movement
Fecal discharge from body
evacuation · elimination · defecation · number two · poop · crap · shit · droppings · waste · discharge
crap
Worthless material or nonsense
- poopSolid bodily waste
- shitVulgar term for feces
- drop a deuceEmpty one's bowels
gross
Total before subtractions
indelicate · raunchy · lowbrow · potty humor · bathroom humor · obscene · off-color · tasteless · foul · dirty
release
To let go
- unburdeningRelieving oneself of weight
- lightnessMinimal weight or gravity
- comfortEase or soothing relief
satisfaction · easing · emptying · decompression · liberation · respite · pressure relief · cleansing · purging · letting go