English Explanatory Dictionary

shit

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Usually solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.
  2. The act of shitting.
  3. Rubbish; worthless matter.
  4. Stuff, things.
  5. (the shit) The best of its kind.
  6. Genitalia, especially male.
  7. Nonsense; bullshit.
  8. A nasty, despicable person, used particularly of men.
  9. Anything.
  10. The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
  11. A problem or difficult situation.
  12. A strong rebuke.
adj
  1. Of poor quality; worthless.
  2. Nasty; despicable.
verb
  1. To defecate.
  2. To excrete (something) through the anus.
  3. To defecate on; to soil through defecating.
  4. To fart (especially a wet fart) or shart.
  5. To fool or try to fool someone; to be deceitful.
  6. To annoy.
intj
  1. Expression of worry, failure, shock, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term.
  2. Used to show displeasure or surprise.
  3. Used for mere emphasis; heck, hey.
name
  1. A village in Mazandaran Province, Iran.
  2. A village in Zanjan Province, Iran.

Pronunciation

shĭt /ʃɪt/ en-us-shit.ogg en-uk-shit.ogg en-au-shit.ogg

Word forms

shit shits s--t s**t s—t shite sheeyit sheeit sheit shiet shi shii shet shitter more shit shittest most shit shitting shat shitted shitten

Etymology

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.

Synonyms

boo-boo boom-boom caca cack chocolate chocolate hot dog crap crud danna dejection dirt do do doo-doo doody dook dookie dooky droppings dump dumplings dung Eartha Eartha Kitt excrement faeces faex fecal matter feces flop fudge gong guano ish jobby log merd muck nature night soil number two ordure pile of shit poo pooh poop poopie poo-poo poopy pure purging scat sharn shit shite soil stool thost tom tit turd waste

Related words

shitter beshit

Derived words

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 birdshit bird shit Brexshit built like a shit brickhouse bullshit bullshitter capeshit catshit chat shit cheapshit chicken-shit chickenshit cockshit coonshit cowshit crock of shit cuntshit cut the bullshit cut the shit deershit deshittify dickshit dipshit dipshittery do bears shit in the woods does a bear shit in the woods does the Pope shit in the woods dogshit dog shit donkeyshit don't shit in your own nest don't shit where you eat duckshit dumb-shit dumbshit dumb shit eat shit everything one touches becomes shit everything one touches turns to shit fatshit flip one's shit flip shit flying shit for shit for shits and giggles for shits and grins for the love of shit foxshit

Translations

Bulgarian: курец Catalan: (una) merda Czech: hovno Esperanto: fekaĵo Esperanto: feko Esperanto: merdo Estonian: pask Finnish: paska French: que dalle Galician: merda German: (einen) Scheiß Italian: cazzo Korean: 개털 Polish: gówno Portuguese: merda nenhuma Romanian: un căcat Romanian: o pulă Russian: ничего́ Russian: ни фига́ Russian: ни хуя́ Russian: ни хрена́ Slovak: hovno Slovak: trt Spanish: (una) mierda Swedish: skit
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