shit

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Quotations 1.2.1.2 Synonyms 1.2.1.3 Derived terms 1.2.1.4 Translations 1.2.2 Adjective 1.2.2.1 Derived terms 1.2.2.2 Translations 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Synonyms 1.3.1.2 Derived terms 1.3.1.3 Translations 1.3.2 Interjection 1.3.2.1 Synonyms 1.3.2.2 Derived terms 1.3.2.3 Translations 1.4 Anagrams 2 French 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Noun

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: shĭt, IPA: /ʃɪt/, SAMPA: /SIt/
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  Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

From Old English scite (“‘dung’”), scitte (“‘diarrhoea’”) < Proto-Germanic *skit- < Proto-Indo-European *skheid- (“‘to split, divide, separate’”). Related to Middle Low German schite, Middle Dutch schitte, Dutch schijt, German Scheiße, Swedish skit, Norwegian skitt, Icelandic skítur. Compare shite.

Noun

shit (plural shits)

1. (uncountable, vulgar, slang) Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels.
2. (countable, vulgar, slang, plural, definite) (the shits) diarrhea.
3. (uncountable, vulgar, slang) Rubbish; worthless matter.

   Move all of that shit out of your room!

4. (uncountable, vulgar, slang) Stuff, things.
5. (uncountable, vulgar, slang, definite) (the shit) The best of its kind.
6. (uncountable, vulgar, slang) Nonsense; bullshit.

   Everything he says is a load of shit.

7. (countable, vulgar, slang) A nasty, despicable person, used particularly of men.

   Her son has been a real shit to her.

8. (uncountable, vulgar, slang) (in negations) Anything.

   His opinion is not worth shit. = His opinion is not worth anything.

   We don’t have shit to live on = We don’t have anything to live on.

9. (uncountable, vulgar, slang) marijuana
10. (uncountable, vulgar, slang) cocaine

Quotations

• For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.

Synonyms

• (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels): crap, dirt, dung, excrement, fecal matter, feces, ordure, poop, shite, scat, stool, turd
• See also Wikisaurus:feces, Wikisaurus:nonsense, Wikisaurus:nothing.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

shit (comparative shittier, superlative shittiest)

1. (vulgar, slang) Of poor quality; worthless.

   What a shit film that was!

2. (vulgar, slang) Nasty; despicable.

   That was a shit thing to do to him.

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Old English scītan < Proto-Germanic *skit- < Proto-Indo-European *skheid- (“‘to split, divide, separate’”). Cognate with Dutch schijten, German scheißen, Swedish skita.

Verb

to shit (third-person singular simple present shits, present participle shitting, simple past shit, shitted, or shat, past participle shit, shitted, shat, or shitten)

1. (intransitive, vulgar, slang) To defecate.
2. (transitive, vulgar, slang) To excrete (something) through the anus.
3. (transitive, slang) To fool or try to fool someone; to be deceitful.

   Twelve hundred dollars!? Are you shitting me!?

4. (transitive, slang, Australia) To annoy.

   That ad shits me to tears.

Synonyms

• (trying to fool): shit with

Derived terms

Translations

Interjection

shit

1. (vulgar) Expression of worry, failure, shock, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term.

   Shit! I think that I forgot to pack my sleeping bag last night!

   Holy shit!

   Oh, shit!

2. (vulgar) To show displeasure or surprise.

   "Oh, shit. I left my worksheet at home," she said to the language arts teacher, which got her in trouble.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:dammit

Derived terms

• holy shit

Translations

Anagrams

• Alphagram: hist , Hist
• hits
• sith
• this
• tish, Tish

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

shit m.

1. (slang) hash