Alternative forms

• (bowdlerizations) s--t, s**t, s—t etc.
• shite (UK, Ireland)
• sheeyit, sheeit, sheit, shiet, shi, shii (African-American Vernacular)
• shet (dialectal or slang)

Noun

shit (usually uncountable, plural shits)Category:English lemmas#SHITCategory:English nouns#SHITCategory:English uncountable nouns#SHITCategory:English countable nouns#SHITCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SHITCategory:Pages with entries#SHITCategory:Pages with 7 entries#SHIT (vulgarCategory:English vulgarities#SHIT)

2. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#SHIT, uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#SHIT, colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#SHIT, literally) Usually solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:feces

   • 2011 July 30, “Cholera and the super-loo”, in The Economist:

     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.

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3. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#SHIT, informalCategory:English informal terms#SHIT, colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#SHIT, literally) The act of shitting.
4. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#SHIT, colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#SHIT) Rubbish; worthless matter.

   Throw that shit out!Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

   Get rid of that shit!Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

   Bring that shit to the disposal.Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

6. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#SHIT, colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#SHIT) Stuff, things.

   I want your shit out of my garage by tomorrow.

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   Fuck it. I don't feel like doing this shit.

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   • 1998, Jim Kouf, Ross LaManna, Rush Hour‎, California: New Line Cinema:

     JAMES CARTER: You put your own shit in the back; I'm not a skycap.

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   • 2001, “Zip City”, performed by Mike Cooley:

     Don't know why I put up with this shit / When you don't put out and Zip City's so far away

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   • 2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club‎:

     He’s physical and monosyllabic. He does all sorts of cool shit, and he subtly rediscovers his own heroism without making a big thing out of it. But he’s a supporting character, and he knows it.

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7. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#SHIT, colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#SHIT, slangCategory:English slang#SHIT, definite, USCategory:American English#SHIT) (the shit) The best of its kind.

   These grapes are the shit!Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

9. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#SHIT, slangCategory:English slang#SHIT) Genitalia, especially male.

   jerk one's shitCategory:English terms with collocations#SHIT

10. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#SHIT, colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#SHIT) Nonsense; bullshit.

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nonsense

    Everything he says is a load of shit.Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

    Enough of this shit!Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

    Quit your shit!Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

    What is this shit?Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

    Aw, this shit again?Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

11. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#SHIT, colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#SHIT) A nasty, despicable person, used particularly of men.

    Her son has been a real shit to her.Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

    I am a shit and a rotter.Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

    Get the fuck out of here you little shit!Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

12. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#SHIT, colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#SHIT) (in negations) Anything.

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nothing

    We don’t have shit to live on. ― We don’t have anything to live on.Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

    John can't sing for shit. ― John can't sing at all.Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

    You ain't shit. ― You're nothing; you aren't worth anything.Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

13. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#SHIT, colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#SHIT) The smallest amount of concern or consideration.

    Synonyms: fuck, damn

    I don't give a shit.Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

14. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#SHIT, colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#SHIT) A problem or difficult situation.

    I'm in some serious shit.Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

    Some shit went down at the nightclub last night.Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

15. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#SHIT, colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#SHIT) A strong rebuke.

    I gave him shit for being three hours late twice in one week.Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

16. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#SHIT, colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#SHIT) Any recreational drug (e.g. cannabis, heroin, etc.).
    • 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 20:

      ‘Now,’ he said, ‘if someone would close the curtains and light a joss-stick, I have here for your delight some twenty-four-carat black Nepalese cannabis resin which should be smoked immediately on account of it being seriously good shit.’

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17. (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#SHIT, slangCategory:English slang#SHIT) Anything exceptional or remarkable.

    I heard Bobby escaped from the police by jumping off a bridge into the river. Ain't that some shit?Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

Adjective

shit (comparative shitter or more shit, superlative shittest or most shit)Category:English lemmas#SHITCategory:English adjectives#SHITCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SHITCategory:Pages with entries#SHITCategory:Pages with 7 entries#SHIT (vulgarCategory:English vulgarities#SHIT, colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#SHIT)

1. Of poor quality; worthless.

   Synonyms: crap, shithouse; shitey, shitty; see also Thesaurus:low-quality, Thesaurus:worthless

   What a shit film that was!Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

2. Nasty; despicable.

   Synonyms: contemptible, shitty, unpleasant; see also Thesaurus:despicable

   That was a shit thing to do to him.Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

Verb

shit (third-person singular simple present shits, present participle shitting, simple past shat or (rare) shitted or (US) shit, past participle shat or (rare) shitted or (US) shit or shitten)Category:English lemmas#SHITCategory:English verbs#SHITCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SHITCategory:Pages with entries#SHITCategory:Pages with 7 entries#SHIT (vulgarCategory:English vulgarities#SHIT, colloquialCategory:English colloquialisms#SHIT)

1. (intransitiveCategory:English intransitive verbs#SHIT, literally) To defecate.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:defecate

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2. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SHIT, literally) To excrete (something) through the anus.
3. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SHIT, reflexiveCategory:English reflexive verbs#SHIT, literally) To defecate on; to soil through defecating.

   I laughed so hard I shat myself.Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

4. (ambitransitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SHITCategory:English intransitive verbs#SHIT, slangCategory:English slang#SHIT) To fart (especially a wet fart) or shart.
   • 2008, Norman A. Richards, What Do Women Gossip About?, page 35:

     Of course, the farter does not dislike the smell of his own doing, but anybody else's fart, "Katey, bar the doors" and shouting, "Who shit?"

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   • 2016, R.J. Torbert, No Mercy: A Powers and Johnson Novel, page 316:

     Ken Anker broke the silence and spoke through the bars. "Whoever is shitting their pants, please stop.” "Sorry," Sysco replied." It must be the food they serve here.”

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   • 2016, Anna Smith, Rough Cut: Rosie Gilmour 6:

     'You should have seen her, Rosie. I think Gordy got such a fright, it was him who shat it.' Nikki chortled. 'I nearly lost it,' Julie said.

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   • 2020, St John Karp, Quake City:

     I hate that guy. He needs to lay off the cheese or something because he's always shitting farts so hard I'm surprised he doesn't blow out the back of his pants.

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5. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SHIT) To fool or try to fool someone; to be deceitful.

   Synonyms: shit with; see also Thesaurus:deceive

   Twelve hundred dollars!? Are you shitting me!?Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

6. (transitiveCategory:English transitive verbs#SHIT, AustraliaCategory:Australian English#SHIT, New ZealandCategory:New Zealand English#SHIT, UKCategory:British English#SHIT, IrelandCategory:Irish English#SHIT) To annoy. [from 20th c.]
   • 1983, Helen Garner, Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume I, Text Publishing, published 2022, page 70:

     I saw red and smashed a plate and a bowl. […] I swept up the mess. I bawled a lot as I swept […] I also thought, I am about to get my period. It absolutely shits me that this should explain anything.

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Interjection

shitCategory:English lemmas#SHITCategory:English interjections#SHITCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#SHITCategory:Pages with entries#SHITCategory:Pages with 7 entries#SHIT

1. (slangCategory:English slang#SHIT, mildly vulgarCategory:English vulgarities#SHIT) Expression of worry, failure, shock, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term.

   Synonyms: poo, poop, crap, crud; see also Thesaurus:dammit

   Shit! I think that I forgot to pack my sleeping bag last night!Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

   Holy shit!Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

   Oh, shit!Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

2. (vulgarCategory:English vulgarities#SHIT) Used to show displeasure or surprise.

   "Oh, shit. I left my worksheet at home," she said to the language arts teacher, which got her in trouble.Category:English terms with usage examples#SHIT

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:shit.
3. (vulgarCategory:English vulgarities#SHIT) Used for mere emphasis; heck, hey.
   • 2017, Darrell Smith, Miracle Baby:

     All my comrades were laughing and clowning me, but shit, that didn't stop me from talking more shit.

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