English Explanatory Dictionary

give someone the shits

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To annoy or frustrate someone to a great degree.
  2. To creep someone out; to scare someone.
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: cause diarrhea.

Pronunciation

EN-AU ck1 give someone the shits.ogg

Word forms

give someone the shits gives someone the shits giving someone the shits gave someone the shits given someone the shits

Synonyms

boil someone's piss piss off aggravate annoy nettle rankle ruffle sting antagonize bother disgruntle botherate bug get grate burn up bedevil cheese off devil exasperate frustrate get up grotch hack off hassle irk irritate jazz molest mommick nark nerve pee off peeve persecute pique provoke rile rile up roil storm test someone's patience tick off trouble try one's patience vex wind up Idioms: chap someone's hide get on someone's nerves get on someone's tits get on someone's wick get someone's back up get someone's dander up get someone's goat get someone's Irish up get someone's nanny get someone's nanny-goat get under one's goat get under someone's skin
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