shit

Of poor quality; worthless.

Adjective

  1. Of poor quality; worthless.
    • What a shit film that was!

    Synonyms: crap shithouse shitey shitty ass bad base below par bottom-shelf BTEC bum cheap cheap and nasty cheapshit cheesy chintzy coffee-and crappo crappy craptastic crapperific craptabulous craptacular cruddy

  2. Nasty; despicable.
    • That was a shit thing to do to him.

    Synonyms: contemptible shitty unpleasant abject filthy base beggarly blameworthy carrion cheap choical cringing damnable dedecorous degraded deplorable deridable derisible despicable despisable dirty discreditable disdainable disgraceful

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *skittjā Old English sċitte Old English *sċite Middle English schite English shit From Middle English schit, schyt, from Old English *sċite (“dung”) and sċitte (“diarrhoea”), from Proto-West Germanic *skiti and *skittjā, from Proto-Germanic *skitiz, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- (“to split, divide, separate”). Related to Saterland Frisian Skiete, West Frisian skyte, skyt, Dutch schijt, German Low German Schiet, German Scheiße, Danish skidt, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk skit, Norwegian Bokmål skitt, Icelandic skítur. Compare shite. Doublet of scheisse.

Forms

shitter more shit shittest most shit s--t s**t s—t shite sheeyit sheeit sheit shiet shi shii shet

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Interjection

  1. 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!

    Synonyms: poo poop crap crud 4uck ay chihuahua blast bugger bummer byrlady consarn it curses dammit damn dadgummit dagnabbit dang dang it darn darn it dash dash it dizamn

  2. Used 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.
  3. Used for mere emphasis; heck, hey.
    • All my comrades were laughing and clowning me, but shit, that didn't stop me from talking more shit. - 2017, Darrell Smith, Miracle Baby:

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *sek-? Proto-Indo-European *-éyti Proto-Indo-European *skey- Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- Proto-Indo-European *skéydt Proto-Germanic *skītaną Proto-West Germanic *skītan Old English sċītan Middle English schiten English shit From Middle English schiten, shiten, from Old English sċītan, from Proto-West Germanic *skītan, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skéydt, from *skeyd-, *skeh₁i-d (“to cut”) (compare *skey-). Cognate with West Frisian skite, Low German schieten, Dutch schijten, German scheißen, Danish skide. More at shed.

Derived

all fart and no shit and shit anyshit apeshit ape shit as shit bat-shit bat shit batshit bearshit beat the shit out of bigger than shit bird shit birdshit Brexshit built like a shit brickhouse bullshit bullshitter capeshit catshit chat shit cheapshit chicken-shit chickenshit

Noun

  1. Usually solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.
    • The practice in most African and some Asian cities is for private lorries to suck up human waste and dump it in rivers. [...] In tackling the shit problem, economics could well be a clincher. - 2011 July 30, “Cholera...
    • He also decided that Belters wouldn’t use the term “bullshit,” because there would be no bulls in the Belt. Instead, they would come up with a uniquely Belter curse, “kaka felota,” a term for what happens when your...

    Synonyms: boo-boo boom-boom BM bowel movement caca cack chocolate chocolate hot dog crap crud danna dejection dirt do do doo-doo doody dook dookie dooky droppings dump dumplings dung Eartha

  2. The act of shitting.
  3. Rubbish; worthless matter.
    • Throw that shit out!
    • Get rid of that shit!
    • Bring that shit to the disposal.

    Synonyms: crap junk cultch debris dreck drek garbage gash litter pelf piece of crap piece of garbage piece of shit pile of crap pile of shit piece of trash rubbish refuse roughage service item shit stuff trash waste

  4. Stuff, things.
    • I want your shit out of my garage by tomorrow.
    • Fuck it. I don't feel like doing this shit.
    • JAMES CARTER: You put your own shit in the back; I'm not a skycap. - 1998, Jim Kouf, Ross LaManna, Rush Hour, California: New Line Cinema:
  5. The best of its kind.
    • These grapes are the shit!
  6. Genitalia, especially male.
    • jerk one's shit

    Synonyms: danger zone down there genital organs genitalia genitals genitors intimate parts junk nethers no-no spot pee-pee private parts privates pudenda reproductive organs sex organs sweet spot undercarriage underparts weapon wee-wee

  7. Nonsense; bullshit.
    • Everything he says is a load of shit.
    • Enough of this shit!
    • Quit your shit!

    Synonyms: absurdity all my eye all my eye and Betty Martin applesauce bafflegab balderdash balls baloney banana oil Bandini baragouin batcrap batshit bilgewater blah blather blatherskite bobbins bollocks bosh BS bull bullcrap bulldust

  8. A nasty, despicable person, used particularly of men.
    • Her son has been a real shit to her.
    • I am a shit and a rotter.
    • Get the fuck out of here you little shit!

    Synonyms: assbag assbreath assbucket asscunt assface assfag assfaggot assfuck assfucker asshat asshead asshole assmonkey assmouth assmunch assmuncher asstard asswagon assweed asswipe bag of dicks ball sack ballsucker barf bag

  9. Anything.
    • We don’t have shit to live on.
    • John can't sing for shit.
    • You ain't shit.
  10. The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
    • I don't give a shit.

    Synonyms: fuck damn

  11. A problem or difficult situation.
    • I'm in some serious shit.
    • Some shit went down at the nightclub last night.
  12. A strong rebuke.
    • I gave him shit for being three hours late twice in one week.

Forms

shits s--t s**t s—t shite sheeyit sheeit sheit shiet shi shii shet

Verb

  1. To defecate.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:shit.

    Synonyms: boo-boo cack choke a darkie crap defecate do one's ease ease oneself do a number two do one's easement drite drop a bomb drop a chalupa drop a deuce drop anchor drop the kids off at the pool dung excrementize feceate have a shit move one's bowels pinch a loaf pinch one off poo pooh

  2. To excrete (something) through the anus.
  3. To defecate on; to soil through defecating.
    • I laughed so hard I shat myself.
  4. To fart (especially a wet fart) or shart.
    • Of course, the farter does not dislike the smell of his own doing, but anybody else's fart, "Katey, bar the doors" and shouting, "Who shit?" - 2008, Norman A. Richards, What Do Women Gossip About?, page 35:
    • Ken Anker broke the silence and spoke through the bars. "Whoever is shitting their pants, please stop.” "Sorry," Sysco replied." It must be the food they serve here.” - 2016, R.J. Torbert, No Mercy: A Powers and Johnson...
    • 'You should have seen her, Rosie. I think Gordy got such a fright, it was him who shat it.' Nikki chortled. 'I nearly lost it,' Julie said. - 2016, Anna Smith, Rough Cut: Rosie Gilmour 6:
  5. To fool or try to fool someone; to be deceitful.
    • Twelve hundred dollars!? Are you shitting me!?

    Synonyms: shit with abuse beglammer counterfeit deceive dissemble dissimulate feign jiff lead astray overreach put on spoof sham trick

  6. To annoy.
    • I saw red and smashed a plate and a bowl. […] I swept up the mess. I bawled a lot as I swept […] I also thought, I am about to get my period. It absolutely shits me that this should explain anything. - 1983, Helen...

Forms

shits shitting shat shitted shit shitten

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