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shit

//ʃɪt//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

informal

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Forms

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural
shits

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

Comparative
shitter
Superlative
shittest

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1)
shit
past (v2)
shat
past participle (v3)
shat
present participle
shitting
3rd person singular
shits

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

  1. 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. 2.The act of shitting.(colloquial)

  3. 3.Rubbish; worthless matter.(colloquial)

    • Bring that shit to the disposal.
    • Get rid of that shit!
  4. 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.

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

  1. 1.Of poor quality; worthless.(colloquial)

    • What a shit film that was!
  2. 2.Nasty; despicable.(colloquial)

    • That was a shit thing to do to him.

Verb

A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

  1. 1.To defecate.(colloquial)

    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:shit.
  2. 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

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-West Germanic *skittjā

Old English sċitte

Old English *sċite

Middle English schite

English shit

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