shit

Meaning

Noun

1. (colloquial, countable, uncountable, usually, vulgar) Usually solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.
2. (colloquial, countable, informal, usually, vulgar) The act of shitting.
3. (colloquial, uncountable, usually, vulgar) Rubbish; worthless matter.
4. (colloquial, uncountable, usually, vulgar) Stuff, things.
5. (US, colloquial, definite, slang, uncountable, usually) (the shit) The best of its kind.
6. (mildly, slang, uncountable, usually, vulgar) Genitalia, especially male.
7. (colloquial, uncountable, usually, vulgar) Nonsense; bullshit.
8. (colloquial, countable, usually, vulgar) A nasty, despicable person, used particularly of men.
9. (colloquial, uncountable, usually, vulgar) (in negations) Anything.
10. (colloquial, countable, usually, vulgar) The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
11. (colloquial, uncountable, usually, vulgar) A problem or difficult situation.
12. (colloquial, uncountable, usually, vulgar) A strong rebuke.
13. (colloquial, uncountable, usually, vulgar) Any recreational drug (e.g. cannabis, heroin, etc.).
14. (slang, uncountable, usually, vulgar) Anything exceptional or remarkable.

Adj

1. (colloquial, vulgar) Of poor quality; worthless.
2. (colloquial, vulgar) Nasty; despicable.

Verb

1. (colloquial, intransitive, vulgar) To defecate.
2. (colloquial, transitive, vulgar) To excrete (something) through the anus.
3. (colloquial, reflexive, transitive, vulgar) To defecate on; to soil through defecating.
4. (colloquial, transitive, vulgar) To fool or try to fool someone; to be deceitful.
5. (Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, colloquial, transitive, vulgar) To annoy.

Intj

1. (mildly, slang, vulgar) Expression of worry, failure, shock, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term.
2. (vulgar) Used to show displeasure or surprise.
3. (vulgar) Used for mere emphasis; heck, hey.

Synonyms

defecate

crap

excrement

faeces

feces

bullshit

damn

poop

💩

stool

dung

fuck

👉👌

rubbish

excrete

take a shit

turd

bastard

take a crap

excreta

shite

dirt

diddly-squat

diddly

shitty

mother fucker

darn

son of a bitch

diddley

poo

diddly-shit

make

diddlyshit

ca-ca

dump

whoreson

crappy

doodly-squat

squat

asshole

SOB

😭

diddlysquat

cocksucker

dickhead

denounce

shucks

snitch

fucker

betray

rat

🐀

red cent

shop

Translations

merde

mierda

💩

merda

💩

Scheiße

chier

💩

merda

💩

scheißen

💩

cagar

💩

déféquer

merda

Kacke

bosta

kacken

💩

cacca

cagare

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʃɪt/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: schit

Inherited from Old English: *sċite

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: Skiete

Cognate with Western Frisian: skyte

Cognate with Dutch: schijt

Cognate with German: Scheiße

Cognate with Danish: skidt

Cognate with Swedish: -

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: skit

Cognate with Norwegian Bokmål: skitt

Cognate with Icelandic: skítur

Inherited from Middle English: schiten

Inherited from Old English: sċītan

Cognate with Western Frisian: skite

Cognate with Low German: schieten

Cognate with Dutch: schijten

Cognate with German: scheißen

Cognate with Danish: skide

In summary

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.