spoor 1 of 2

noun

Definition of spoornext
1
as in track

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as in dung

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spoor

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verb

as in to trail

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Recent Examples of spoor
Noun
Over the past 35 years, he’s produced three guides to tracking that describe animal habits and habitats and how to interpret tracks and spoor. — Bydimitri Selibas, science.org, 13 June 2024 Volcanoes some distance away from here left behind some sturdy volcanic rock, but also this spoor of volcanic ash that drifted underwater before the PV Peninsula became itself. — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for spoor
  1. track
  2. dung
  3. trail
  4. pug
  5. scat
  6. course
  7. dog
  8. excrement
Noun
  • McColgan, daughter of former Olympian Liz, won 5,000m silver and 10,000m gold at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, and still holds eight British records on the road and track — for distances ranging from 5,000m/5km up to half-marathon.
    — Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 23 Mar. 2025
  • For the moment, Europe's launcher program is back on track to provide autonomous access to space, a capability European officials consider a strategic imperative.
    — Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2025
Definition of track
Noun
  • Another 18 dung dots decorated the cabinets, floors and shelves.
    — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
  • There’s time for kids to inspect elephant dung, find bones, collect guinea fowl feathers, and make castings of lion paw prints, plus let loose in waterfalls, try catch-and-release fishing, and learn to throw spears.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, AFAR Media, 11 Feb. 2025
Definition of dung
Verb
  • The Musketeers trailed by eight points at halftime and as many as 10 in the second half.
    — Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
  • Adams, who’s trailing Cuomo by double digits in most polls of the mayoral race, has come under fire since the Trump Justice Department moved to drop his federal corruption indictment in a manner that critics and allies say has left the mayor behold to Trump’s political agenda.
    — Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 20 Mar. 2025
Definition of trail
Noun
  • Heather Frost shared footage of her pug Gus's reaction to meeting her son in a video posted to her TikTok account heather.frosty.
    — Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Crappy Christmas lights blinked overhead, and a tiny pug wheezed on a rug by the register.
    — Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2025
Definition of pug
Noun
  • Blige also connected jazz (scat singing, riffing on a phrase, improvising wordless lines), gospel (testifying akin to a preacher delivering a sermon) and hip hop traditions.
    — Bob Gendron, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Despite recent concerns about an increase in cat consumption, the scientists found feline remnants in only about 4.5 percent of the scat samples.
    — Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 22 Jan. 2025
Definition of scat
Verb
  • The euphoria courses through my body as the blood drips down my legs.
    — Andy Collinson, Health, 19 Mar. 2025
  • When the Titans actually pick up golf clubs, practices will be geared exclusively toward pressure situations: short-game work from 120-yards in, dealing with 5-10-foot putts and other game elements that reveal a player’s mental character and course management skills.
    — Brian Robin, Orange County Register, 13 Mar. 2025
Definition of course
Verb
  • Disney’s live-action ‘Snow White’ has faced a difficult road to its opening next week, with external controversies dogging it at every step.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Several of the weekly exchanges of Israeli hostages for Palestinian prisoners have been dogged by last-minute accusations and near-cancellations.
    — Matt Bradley, NBC News, 27 Feb. 2025
Definition of dog
Noun
  • Yogi Sahu, a resident near Chynoweth Park who had organized with his neighbors to pressure City Hall to act, recalled RV dwellers dumping human excrement into the trains, hanging underwear on trees, playing loud music and stealing packages.
    — Devan Patel, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The illness is spread by the Marburg virus, which is found in the urine, saliva and excrement of Egyptian rousette bats.
    — Katherine Hignett, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Definition of excrement

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