English Explanatory Dictionary

shat

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. simple past and past participle of shit
noun
  1. Alternative form of chott.
noun
  1. Synonym of shatter (“a pine needle”).
name
  1. Nickname for Skelmanthorpe: a large village in Denby Dale parish, Kirklees borough, West Yorkshire, England.

Pronunciation

shăt /ʃæt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Pvanp7-shat.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-shat.wav /ʃʌt/

Word forms

shat shats

Etymology

A late innovation, apparently by analogy with sit → sat; spit → spat, etc. First recorded in the eighteenth century. Compare Old English sċāt.

Synonyms

shatter

Derived words

Shat lad Shat lass
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