shitter

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪt.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈʃɪt.ɚ/, [ˈʃɪɾ.ɚ]

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• Rhymes: -ɪtə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Agent noun formed from shit +‎ -er.

Noun

shitter (plural shitters)

1. (colloquial, vulgar) One who defecates.
   • 2003, Jack Priest, Ragged Man, page 116:

     Either I'm a fast killer, he thought, or that boy's a slow shitter.

3. (slang, vulgar) A toilet or lavatory; an outhouse.

   Synonym: shithouse

   Hold on, I gotta use the shitter.

   • 2016, Anne Emery, Lament for Bonnie:

     But if she had murdered two children, I'd gladly see her spend her final years on earth in a cell with an iron-hard bed and an overflowing shitter in the corner.

4. (slang, vulgar, British) The anus.
   • 2006, Dominic Lavin, Last Seen in Bangkok, page 159:

     Dave commented on the statue that had grabbed the pair's attention when they'd arrived, saying how quaint it looked, then capped off his comment with, “D'you reckon that receptionist takes it up the shitter?”

5. (slang, vulgar, derogatory) An objectionable person or thing.
   • 2010, D. W. Chisholm, The Italian School Teacher, page 35:

     Blood, guts, and hair were soon spread on the floor, and the dog was cut to pieces. Nat was muttering, “There, that'll teach you, you shitter,” as he sat down and looked at the bloodied remains of the animal.

6. (slang, video games) Someone lacking skill, especially in a video game.

Synonyms

• (vulgar slang for toilet): crapper, pisser; see also Thesaurus:toilet and Thesaurus:bathroom
• (anus): See Thesaurus:anus

Derived terms

• down the shitter
• in the shitter
• street shitter

 

Translations

one who defecates

• Dutch: schijter (nl) m, schijterd (nl) m
• Finnish: paskantaja
• Italian: cacone (it) m
• Latin: cacātor
• Russian: серу́н (ru) m (serún), сруль m (srulʹ), засе́ря (ru) m or f (zasérja), засра́нец (ru) m (zasránec), засра́нка (ru) f (zasránka)

coarse slang for toilet — see also toilet

• Afrikaans: kakhuis
• Bulgarian: кенеф m (kenef)
• Danish: lokum (2), skidehus (slang)
• Finnish: paskahuusi (fi)
• French: chiottes (fr) f pl, cagoinces (fr) m pl, goguenots (fr) m pl, tartisses (fr) pl
• Italian: cesso (it) m, cacatoio m, latrina (it) f, defecatorio m
• Portuguese: cagatório m, privada (pt), vaso (pt)
• Russian: пара́ша (ru) f (paráša) (vulgar), сра́льная f (srálʹnaja), сорти́р (ru) m (sortír)
• Swedish: skithus (sv), dass (sv), muggen (sv)
• Ukrainian: пара́ша f (paráša), сра́льня f (srálʹnja), сра́льник m (srálʹnyk)

coarse slang for the anus — see anus

objectionable person or thing

• Egyptian: (mḥsḥs)
• Finnish: paskiainen (fi)

Etymology 2

Adjective

shitter

1. comparative form of shit: more shit; shittier
   • c. 2003, James Skelly, quoted in Doug Levy, “Artist Spotlight: The Coral”, in CMJ New Music Report, ISSN 0890-0795, Volume 74, Number 797 (2003 January 20), page 21:

     Text sex is even shitter.

   • a. 2005, Simon Raven, quoted in Simon Raven and Chris Raven, Living the Linger, Samosir Books Limited (2005), →ISBN, page 170:

     Even shitter!

   • 2005, Steve Morris, Pod and the Sexy Dream Club, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 49:

     Our university may have been shit on University Challenge, and even shitter at any kind of sport, but for a good political bit of head kicking we were unbeatable.

Anagrams

• hitters, tithers