squits

English

Etymology 1

Noun

squits

1. plural of squit

Etymology 2

Likely a portmanteau of squirt and shit.

Noun

the squits

1. (plural only, British, colloquial) diarrhoea.
   • 2006, Sarah Waters, The Night Watch, Virago Press, page 290:

     ‘Caroline Graham said you couldn’t make it back upstairs. She laid it on as thick as anything for Gibson―said you’d been taken by surprise by something. Now word’s gone round you’ve got the squits.’

Synonyms

• the runs
• the squirts (US)
• the huckleberry two-steps

Translations

colloquial: diarrhea

• Bulgarian: диария f (diarija)
• Dutch: buikloop (nl) m, diarree (nl) m
• Italian: sciolta (it) f, diarrea (it) f

Anagrams

• quists