Stool

Noun

 * 1) A seat for one person without a back or armrest.
 * 2) A footstool.
 * 3) Feces; excrement.
 * 4) * 'Usage notes: 'The word stool is preferred to fæces and excrement in medical use.
 * 5)  A decoy.

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:feces

Derived terms

 * footstool
 * stool pigeon
 * stoolie

Thesaurus
BM, babble, be indiscreet, be unguarded, bear witness against, bedpan, betray, betray a confidence, betrayer, blab, blabber, bloody flux, blow the whistle, blurt, blurt out, bowel movement, buffalo chips, ca-ca, can, canary, catharsis, chamber, chamber pot, chemical closet, chemical toilet, commode, coprolite, coprolith, cow chips, cow flops, cow pats, crap, crapper, defecate, defecation, dejection, diarrhea, dingleberry, droppings, dung, dysentery, evacuate, evacuation, feces, feculence, fink, flux, give away, guano, inform, inform against, inform on, jakes, jerry, john, johnny, jordan, latrine, leak, let drop, let fall, let slip, lientery, loose bowels, manure, movement, narc, nark, night soil, number two, ordure, peach, pimp, piss pot, potty, potty-chair, purgation, purge, rat, reveal a secret, runs, sell out, sewage, sewerage, shit, shits, sing, snitch, snitch on, spill, spill the beans, squeak, squeal, squealer, stool pigeon, take a shit, talk, tattle, tattle on, tell on, tell secrets, tell tales, testify against, throne, thunder mug, tipster, toilet, trots, turd, turistas, turn informer, urinal, void, voidance, water closet

Etymology
From, from stol:, from  (compare West Frisian/Dutch stoel, German Stuhl, Swedish/Danish/Norwegian stol), from  (compare Lithuanian stálas:, Russian undefined: 'table', Albanian kështallë 'crutch', Ancient Greek stolōn 'pillar'), from *stā- 'to stand'. More at stand.

Pronunciation




Translations

 * Afrikaans: stoel
 * Armenian:
 * Chinese:
 * Min Nan:, ,
 * Dutch: kruk, barkruk
 * Estonian: taburet, järi, pink, pukk ('simple seat'); jalapink
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:, tabouret-bar
 * German:
 * Greek:, σκίμπους
 * Hindi: तिपाई
 * Hungarian:


 * Icelandic:
 * Norwegian:
 * Portuguese: banco
 * Romanian: taburet
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Thai:


 * Bosnian: stolica
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: iste, väljaheide, roe, ekskrement
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, , , ,


 * Greek:
 * Latin:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: avföring


 * Russian: приманка


 * Swahili:


 * Spanish: ,


 * Swahili:

Anagrams

 * loots
 * tools

Noun

 * 1)  A denouncer or whistleblower; a stoolie.

Derived terms

 * stooleux