took a dookie

Had a bowel

Took a dookie means defecated—had a bowel movement.

Dookie is childish slang for feces, and the phrase maintains that informal, slightly juvenile tone: I can't leave yet, I gotta take a dookie.

Common in casual American speech, often humorous.

Related

bathroom humor · excretion · digestive system · bowel movement · handwashing · number two · elimination · flatulence · digestion · fiber intake · waste removal · poop · doo-doo · peristalsis · gut microbiome · urination · plumbing systems · bathroom break

Opposites
type of bodily elimination

took a dookieurinated

Expelled liquid waste

peed · tinkled

digestive process direction

took a dookieate

Took in nourishment

ingested · swallowed · fed · chowed down · drank

holding vs. releasing

took a dookieconstipated

Unable to defecate

backed up · plugged up

Family

took, take, takes, taking, taken, taker, takers, undertake, undertook

Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG