shit
//ʃɪt//
informalForms
- Plural
- shits
- Comparative
- shitter
- Superlative
- shittest
- present (v1)
- shit
- past (v2)
- shat
- past participle (v3)
- shat
- present participle
- shitting
- 3rd person singular
- shits
Definitions
1.Usually solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.(colloquial)
- 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.
2.The act of shitting.(colloquial)
3.Rubbish; worthless matter.(colloquial)
- Bring that shit to the disposal.
- Get rid of that shit!
4.Stuff, things.(colloquial)
- Fuck it. I don't feel like doing this shit.
- I want your shit out of my garage by tomorrow.
- JAMES CARTER: You put your own shit in the back; I'm not a skycap.
1.Of poor quality; worthless.(colloquial)
- What a shit film that was!
2.Nasty; despicable.(colloquial)
- That was a shit thing to do to him.
1.To defecate.(colloquial)
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:shit.
2.To excrete (something) through the anus.(colloquial)
Frequency
Overall
Common· #921
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Common
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-West Germanic *skittjā
Old English sċitte
Old English *sċite
Middle English schite
English shit