The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word DUNG
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What does DUNG mean?
DUNG noun- Manure; animal excrement.
- A type of manure, as from a particular species or type of animal.
- To fertilize with dung.
- (calico printing) To immerse or steep, as calico, in a bath of hot water containing cow dung, done to remove the superfluous mordant.
- To release dung: to defecate.
- To hit or strike.
- To dash; to throw violently.
- To inflict minor damage upon, especially by hitting or striking.
- To fire or reject.
- To deduct, as points, from another, in the manner of a penalty; to penalize.
- To mishit (a golf ball).
- To discard (especially rubbish); to chuck out.