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• enPR: shĭt, IPA^(key): /ʃɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɪt

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.

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

shit (usually uncountable, plural shits) (vulgar)

2. (countable, uncountable, colloquial, literally) Usually solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:feces

   The field is covered in shit.

   He left a shit in the toilet.

   • 2011 July 30, “Cholera and the super-loo”, in The Economist, London: The Economist Group, →ISSN, →OCLC:

     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.

   • 2019 December 22, Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar, “Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse”, in Ars Technica‎^[1], archived from the original on 25 February 2021:

     He also decided that Belters wouldn’t use the term “bullshit,” because there would be no bulls in the Belt. Instead, they would come up with a uniquely Belter curse, “kaka felota,” a term for what happens when your toilet backs up in low gravity and shit floats all over the place. (“Kata felota” literally means “floating shit.”)

3. (countable, informal, colloquial, literally) The act of shitting.

   I need to take a shit.

4. (uncountable, colloquial) Rubbish; worthless matter.

   Synonyms: crap, junk; see also Thesaurus:trash

   Throw that shit out!

   Get rid of that shit!

   Bring that shit to the disposal.

6. (uncountable, colloquial) Stuff, things.

   I want your shit out of my garage by tomorrow.

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

   • 1998, Jim Kouf, Ross LaManna, Rush Hour‎^[2], California: New Line Cinema:

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

   • 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

   • 2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[3], archived from the original on 7 March 2022:

     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.

7. (uncountable, colloquial, slang, definite, US) (the shit) The best of its kind.

   These grapes are the shit!

9. (uncountable, slang) Genitalia, especially male.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:genitalia

   jerk one's shit

10. (uncountable, colloquial) Nonsense; bullshit.

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nonsense

    Everything he says is a load of shit.

    Enough of this shit!

    Quit your shit!

    What is this shit?

    Aw, this shit again?

    This guy is full of shit.

11. (countable, colloquial) A nasty, despicable person, used particularly of men.

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:jerk

    Her son has been a real shit to her.

    I am a shit and a rotter.

    Get the fuck out of here you little shit!

    • 1979, Robert Benton, Kramer vs. Kramer, spoken by Ted Kramer (Dustin Hoffman):

      …I hate you back, you little shit!

    • 2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club‎^[4], archived from the original on 7 March 2022:

      (Admittedly, the fact that Steve Mnuchin, Trump’s vampiric treasury secretary, was a Fury Road executive producer complicates this whole parallel. I don’t know what to do with that. Even pieces of shit can, I suppose, be involved with great things from time to time.)

12. (uncountable, colloquial, chiefly in the negative) Anything.

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nothing

    We don’t have shit to live on. ― We don’t have anything to live on.

    John can't sing for shit. ― John can't sing at all.

    You ain't shit. ― You're nothing; you aren't worth anything.

    • 2026 September 3, Shreya Lele, quoting Hadden Clark, “The “Lady of the Dunes” Was Found Murdered in 1974. Nearly 50 Years Later, She Got Her Name Back”, in Skip Boring‎^[5], archived from the original on 3 September 2026:

      “…I could even draw you a picture of the woman I murdered on Cape Cod. I could have told the police what her name was, but after they beat the shit out of me, I wasn’t going to tell them shit.”

13. (countable, colloquial) The smallest amount of concern or consideration.

    Synonyms: fuck, damn

    I don't give a shit.

14. (uncountable, colloquial) A problem or difficult situation.

    I'm in some serious shit.

    Some shit went down at the nightclub last night.

16. (uncountable, colloquial) A strong rebuke.

    I gave him shit for being three hours late twice in one week.

17. (uncountable, colloquial) 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.’

18. (uncountable, slang) Anything exceptional or remarkable.

    I heard Bobby escaped from the police by jumping off a bridge into the river. Ain't that some shit?

• → Bislama: sit
• → Dutch: shit m
• → French: shit m
• → Ilocano: shet
• → Kankanaey: shet
• → Pitcairn-Norfolk: shet
• → Pijin: siti
• → Russian: щит (ščit)
• → Swedish: shit
• → Tagalog: shet
• → Tok Pisin: sit

shit (comparative shitter or more shit, superlative shittest or most shit) (vulgar, colloquial)

1. Of poor quality; worthless.

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

   What a shit film that was!

2. Nasty; despicable.

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

   That was a shit thing to do to him.

From Middle English schiten, shiten, from Old English sċītan, from Proto-West Germanic *skītan, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skéydt, from *skeyd-, *skeh₁i-d (“to cut”) (compare *skey-).

Cognate with West Frisian skite, Low German schieten, Dutch schijten, German scheißen, Danish skide. More at shed.

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) (vulgar, colloquial)

1. (intransitive, literally) To defecate.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:defecate

   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:shit.
2. (transitive, literally) To excrete (something) through the anus.
3. (transitive, reflexive, literally) To defecate on; to soil through defecating.

   I laughed so hard I shat myself.

4. (ambitransitive, slang) 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?"

   • 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.”

   • 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.

   • 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.

5. (transitive) To fool or try to fool someone; to be deceitful.

   Synonyms: shit with; see also Thesaurus:deceive

   Twelve hundred dollars!? Are you shitting me!?

6. (transitive, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Ireland) 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.

• beshit

shit

1. (slang, mildly vulgar) 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!

   Holy shit!

   Oh, shit!

2. (vulgar) 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.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:shit.
3. (vulgar) 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.

• → Dutch: shit
• → Swedish: shit

• HITs, Hist, This, Tish, hist, hist-, hist., hits, iths, sith, this, tish

shit

1. second-person singular imperative of shesh

• IPA^(key): /ʃít/
• Hyphenation: shit

shit

1. redness

• Gimba, Alhaji M.; Ali, Malam B.; Bah, Madu (2009), Schuh, Russell G., editor, Bole-English-Hausa Dictionary‎^[6], 2nd edition, Potiskum: Ajami Press, page 135

• sjit

Borrowed from English shit. Doublet of schijt.

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪt/

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• Hyphenation: shit
• Rhymes: -ɪt

shit

1. shit, darn

   Synonyms: kut, klote, kak, verdomme

   Shit! Ik vergat de deur op slot te doen! ― Shit! I forgot to lock the door!

Not considered very vulgar, unlike in some English lects. But it is still sometimes euphemistically replaced by chips, e.g. around children.

shit m (uncountable, no diminutive)

1. (informal) stuff, shit

   Synonyms: spul, gedoe

   Chinchilla's ejecteren haar wat een vibe is want ik heb dezelfde shit gedaan op mijn meds voor bipolar ― Chinchillas eject hair which is a vibe 'cause I did the same shit on my meds for bipolar

2. shit, garbage, trash, of low quality

   Synonyms: slop, trash, vuil

   Deze laptop is shit! ― This laptop is shit!

3. (slang, informal) trouble

   Synonym: de problemen

4. (slang, informal) kind of soft drug

   Synonyms: hasj, hasjiesj, kif

• scheet
• schijt
• schijten

Borrowed from English shit.

• IPA^(key): /ʃit/

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shit m (uncountable)

1. (slang) cannabis

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shit

1. hot, warm

   Nga sngew shit.

   I'm hot.

• Singh, U Nissor (1906), Khasi-English dictionary‎^[7], Shillong: Eastern Bengal and Assam Secretariat Press, page 195. Searchable online at SEAlang.net.

shit

1. alternative form of schitten

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃit/ [ˈʃit̪]
  • Rhymes: -it
• IPA^(key): /ˈʃet/ [ˈʃet̪]
  • Rhymes: -et
• Syllabification: shit

shit

1. (youth slang, vulgar) shit!

Borrowed from English shit. Doublet of skit.

shit

1. shit, wow, oh, oh my God, said when surprised or shocked

   Synonyms: oj, herregud, jävlar, helvete

   Shit! Vad är det där?

   Oh my God! What's that?

• hist.