Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense shits, present participle shitting, past tense, past participle shat
1. uncountable noun
Some people use shit to refer to solid waste matter from the body of a human being or animal.
[informal, rude]
2. verb
To shit means to get rid of solid waste matter from the body.
[informal, rude]
3. singular noun
To have ashit means to get rid of solid waste matter from the body.
[informal, rude]
4. plural noun
If someone has the shits, liquid waste matter keeps coming out of their body because they are ill or afraid.
[informal, rude]
5. uncountable noun
People sometimes refer to things that they do not like as shit.
[informal, rude, disapproval]
This is a load of shit.
6. countable noun
People sometimes insult someone they do not like by referring to them as a shit.
[informal, rude, disapproval]
7. exclamation
Shit is used to express anger, impatience, or disgust.
[informal, rude]
8. verb [VERB pronoun-reflexive]
If someone says they are shittingthemselves, they mean that they are very frightened.
[informal, rude]
9.
See to beat, kick or knock the shit out of someone
10.
See the shit hit the fan
11.
See give a shit
12.
See in the shit/in deep shit
13.
See tough shit
shit in British English
(ʃɪt) vulgar, slang
verbWord forms: shits, shitting, shitted, shit or shat
1.
to defecate
2. (usually foll by on)
to give the worst possible treatment (to)
noun
3.
faeces; excrement
4.
an act of defecation
5.
rubbish; nonsense
6.
an obnoxious or worthless person
7.
cannabis resin or heroin
8. for shits and giggles
9. in the shit
10. the shit hits the fan
11. the shits
exclamation
12.
an exclamation expressing anger, disgust, etc
Also (esp dialect): shite
Derived forms
shitty (ˈshitty)
adjective
shittily (ˈshittily)
adverb
shittiness (ˈshittiness)
noun
Word origin
Old English scite (unattested) dung, scītan to defecate, of Germanic origin; related to Old English scēadan to separate, Old Norse skīta to defecate, Middle Dutch schitte excrement
anyone or anything thought of as being bad, disgusting, foolish, worthless, etc.
b.
nonsense; foolishness
c.
trouble
d.
things in general; stuff
e.
an intoxicant or narcotic, esp. marijuana or heroin
interjection
6. Slang
used variously to express surprise, anger, disgust, strong disagreement, etc.
Idioms:
beat the shit out of
eat shit
get one's shit together
not give a shit
not worth a shit
shit on
take a shit
tough shit!
when the shit hits the fan
Derived forms
shitty (ˈshitty) Slang
adjectiveWord forms: ˈshittier or ˈshittiest
Word origin
earlier shite < OE scītan, akin to Du schijten (MLG schīten), Ger scheissen (OHG skīzan) < Gmc *skīt-, *skit-
Synonyms of 'shit'
dung, faeces, excrement, stool
rubbish, nonsense, garbage, malarkey
villain, rogue, scoundrel, wretch
dash it, damn
More Synonyms of shit
In other languages
shit
British English: shit VERB
To shit means to get rid of solid waste matter from the body.
...his memories of the yellow dog shitting on the stairs.
American English: shit
Brazilian Portuguese: cagar
Chinese: 拉屎
European Spanish: cagar
French: chier
German: scheißen
Italian: cagare
Japanese: くそをする
Korean: 똥 누다
European Portuguese: cagar
Latin American Spanish: cagar
All related terms of 'shit'
shitted
to defecate
shitter
to defecate
shittest
to defecate
shitting
to defecate
shit on
to behave contemptuously or disparagingly toward
eat shit
to be humble or undergo humiliation
hot shit
If you say that someone thinks they are hot shit , you mean they think are very good at their job or career , or impressive in some other way, but you think they are not
jack shit
anything or nothing at all
shit-hole
a very bad place; a disgusting place
shit-hot
very good
shit list
a number of people or things regarded with contempt , distaste , disfavor, distrust , etc.
shit show
a disastrously chaotic state of affairs
shit-stir
to make trouble
shit creek
→ to be up shit creek
shit-scared
very scared
tough shit
Tough shit can be used as a way of telling someone that they will have to accept a situation they do not like because they have no choice .
give a shit
If someone says that they do not give a shit about something, they mean that they do not care about it at all.
in the shit
in trouble
shit disturber
a person who enjoys causing controversy or upsetting people
take a shit
to defecate
crock of shit
a quantity or source of lies or nonsense
not give a shit
to not care at all
not worth a shit
useless , valueless , etc.
shit-eating grin
a sly , knowing, or self-satisfied grin
to be up shit creek
to be in an extremely bad situation
in the shit/in deep shit
If someone is in the shit or in deep shit , they are in a lot of trouble .
beat the shit out of
to give a severe beating to
get one's shit together
to become organized or have one's affairs in order
the shit hits the fan
the real trouble begins
the shit hit the fan
If someone says that the shit hit the fan , they mean that there was suddenly a lot of trouble or angry arguments.
when the shit hits the fan
at the time that a crisis point is reached or disaster takes place
shitlist
a notional list of very unpopular people
to beat, kick or knock the shit out of someone
To beat or kick the shit out of someone means to beat or kick them so violently that they are badly injured .
Chinese translation of 'shit'
shit
(ʃɪt) (inf!)
int
该(該)死 (gāisǐ)
n(u)
(= faeces) 粪(糞)便 (fènbiàn)
(= rubbish, nonsense) 狗屁 (gǒupì)
1 (noun)
Definition
faeces
I feel like throwing a pile of dog shit over the fence.
Synonyms
dung
two ox-carts laden with dung
faeces
excrement
The tunnel stank of excrement.
stool
muck
He could smell muck and clean fresh hay.
manure
organic manures
droppings
kak (South Africa)
His shoes were covered in kak.
waste matter
2 (noun)
Definition
rubbish
This is a load of shit.
Synonyms
rubbish
He's talking rubbish.
nonsense
Most orthodox doctors, however, dismiss this theory as complete nonsense.
garbage (informal)
I personally think the story is complete garbage.
malarkey
balls (taboo, slang)
bull (slang)
rot
You do talk rot!
crap (taboo, slang)
bullshit (taboo, slang)
bollocks (British, taboo, slang)
cobblers (British, taboo, slang)
drivel
What absolute drivel!
twaddle
He was baffled by the intellectual twaddle.
tripe (informal)
I've never heard such a load of tripe in all my life.
claptrap (informal)
He talks a lot of pretentious claptrap.
poppycock (informal)
Experts dismiss this explanation as poppycock.
kak (South Africa)
Now you're just talking kak.
pants (slang)
bizzo (Australian, slang)
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
3 (noun)
Definition
a worthless person
As I said, in many ways he was a shit.
Synonyms
bastard (informal, offensive)
I don't trust the bastard.
villain
As a copper, I've spent my life putting villains like him away.
rogue
He wasn't a rogue at all.
scoundrel (old-fashioned)
He is a lying scoundrel.
wretch
I think he's a mean-minded, vindictive old wretch.
knave (archaic)
It is difficult to believe that he is such a knave behind my back.
blackguard
evildoer
wrong 'un (slang)
(exclamation)
Definition
an exclamation of anger or disgust
I said, `Oh, shit!' and threw something, then walked off-stage.
Synonyms
dash it
damn (informal)
fuck (taboo, slang)
bugger (taboo, slang)
idioms
See beat or kick the shit out of someone
See not give a shit
phrase
See the shits
Additional synonyms
in the sense of blackguard
Definition
an unprincipled contemptible person
Synonyms
scoundrel (old-fashioned),
shit (taboo, slang),
bastard (offensive, informal),
villain,
rogue,
bugger (taboo, slang),
swine,
rascal,
son-of-a-bitch (taboo, slang, US, Canadian),
wretch,
bounder (British, old-fashioned, slang),
blighter (British, informal),
scumbag (slang),
miscreant,
bad egg (old-fashioned, informal),
skelm (South Africa),
wrong 'un (informal)
in the sense of claptrap
Definition
foolish or pretentious talk
He talks a lot of pretentious claptrap.
Synonyms
nonsense,
rubbish,
rot (informal),
crap (slang),
garbage (informal),
trash,
bunk (informal),
bullshit (taboo, slang),
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
shit (taboo, slang),
hot air (informal),
tosh (slang, British),
flannel (British, informal),
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
humbug,
drivel,
malarkey,
twaddle,
tripe (informal),
affectation,
guff (slang),
blarney,
bombast,
moonshine,
fabrication,
insincerity,
hogwash (informal),
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang),
piffle (informal),
poppycock (informal),
bosh (informal),
eyewash (informal),
tommyrot,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
rodomontade (literary),
bunkum or buncombe
in the sense of drivel
Definition
foolish talk
What absolute drivel!
Synonyms
nonsense,
rubbish,
garbage,
malarkey (informal),
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
shit (taboo, slang),
rot,
crap (slang),
trash,
bunk (informal),
blah (slang),
bullshit (taboo, slang),
hot air (informal),
tosh (slang, British),
waffle (informal, British),
prating,
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
twaddle,
tripe (informal),
dross,
gibberish,
guff (slang),
moonshine,
malarkey,
hogwash (informal),
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
piffle (informal),
poppycock (informal),
balderdash,
bosh (informal),
eyewash (informal),
tommyrot,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
bunkum or buncombe,
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
Nearby words of
shit
shirk
shirker
shirt
shit
shiver
shivery
shoal
Related terms of
shit
not give a shit
beat or kick the shit out of someone
Synonyms of 'shit'
shit
Explore 'shit' in the dictionary
Additional synonyms
in the sense of excrement
Definition
waste matter discharged from the body
The tunnel stank of excrement.
Synonyms
faeces,
shit (taboo, slang),
crap (taboo, slang),
dung,
stool,
droppings,
turd (taboo, slang),
motion,
mess,
defecation,
excreta,
ordure,
kak (South Africa, vulgar, slang),
night soil
in the sense of garbage
Definition
worthless rubbish or nonsense
I personally think the story is complete garbage.
Synonyms
nonsense,
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
shit (taboo, slang),
rot,
crap (slang),
trash,
bullshit (taboo, slang),
hot air (informal),
tosh (informal),
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
drivel,
twaddle,
tripe (informal),
gibberish,
malarkey,
guff (slang),
havers (Scottish),
moonshine,
claptrap (informal),
hogwash,
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
codswallop (British, slang),
piffle (informal),
poppycock (informal),
balderdash,
bosh (informal),
eyewash (informal),
kak (South Africa, slang),
stuff and nonsense,
flapdoodle (slang),
tommyrot,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
bunkum or buncombe,
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
in the sense of kak
Definition
faeces
His shoes were covered in kak.
Synonyms
faeces,
shit (taboo, slang),
excrement,
stool,
muck,
manure,
dung,
droppings,
waste matter
in the sense of kak
Definition
rubbish
Now you're just talking kak.
Synonyms
rubbish,
nonsense,
malarkey,
garbage (informal),
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
rot,
crap (slang),
bullshit (taboo, slang),
bollocks (British, taboo, slang),
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
drivel,
tripe (informal),
claptrap (informal),
poppycock (informal),
pants,
shit (taboo, slang),
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
in the sense of knave
Definition
a dishonest man
It is difficult to believe that he is such a knave behind my back.
Synonyms
rogue,
cheat,
villain,
rascal,
scoundrel (old-fashioned),
scally (NorthwestEngland, dialect),
swindler,
bounder (old-fashioned, slang, British),
rotter (slang, British),
reprobate,
scallywag (informal),
scumbag (slang),
scamp,
blackguard,
cocksucker (taboo, slang),
scapegrace,
rapscallion,
varlet (archaic),
wrong 'un (slang)
in the sense of manure
Definition
animal excrement used as a fertilizer
organic manures
Synonyms
compost,
muck,
fertilizer,
dung,
droppings,
excrement,
ordure
in the sense of muck
Definition
farmyard dung or decaying vegetable matter
He could smell muck and clean fresh hay.
Synonyms
manure,
shit (taboo, slang),
crap (slang),
dung,
ordure
in the sense of nonsense
Definition
something that has or makes no sense
Most orthodox doctors, however, dismiss this theory as complete nonsense.
Synonyms
rubbish,
hot air (informal),
waffle (informal, British),
twaddle,
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
shit (taboo, slang),
pants (slang, old-fashioned),
rot (old-fashioned),
crap (slang),
garbage (informal),
trash,
bunk (informal),
bullshit (taboo, slang),
tosh (slang, British),
bollocks (British, taboo, slang),
rhubarb,
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
foolishness,
bilge (informal),
drivel,
tripe (informal),
gibberish,
guff (slang),
bombast,
moonshine,
claptrap (old-fashioned),
hogwash,
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
blather,
double Dutch (British, informal),
piffle (old-fashioned),
poppycock (old-fashioned),
balderdash (old-fashioned),
bosh (informal),
eyewash (informal),
stuff and nonsense (old-fashioned),
tommyrot (old-fashioned),
horsefeathers (US, slang),
bunkum or buncombe,
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
in the sense of poppycock
Definition
nonsense
Experts dismiss this explanation as poppycock.
Synonyms
nonsense,
rubbish,
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
shit (taboo, slang),
pants (informal),
rot,
crap (slang),
garbage (informal),
trash,
bunk (informal),
bullshit (taboo, slang),
hot air (informal),
malarkey,
tosh (slang, British),
babble,
bollocks (British, taboo, slang),
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
drivel,
twaddle,
tripe (informal),
gibberish,
guff (slang),
moonshine,
baloney (informal),
gobbledegook (informal),
hogwash,
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
bunkum,
piffle (informal),
balderdash,
bosh (informal),
eyewash (informal),
hooey (slang),
tommyrot,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
in the sense of rogue
Definition
a dishonest or unprincipled person
He wasn't a rogue at all.
Synonyms
scoundrel (old-fashioned),
crook (informal),
villain,
fraudster,
sharper,
fraud (informal),
cheat,
devil,
deceiver,
charlatan,
conman or woman (informal),
con artist (informal),
swindler,
knave (archaic),
ne'er-do-well,
reprobate,
scumbag (slang),
blackguard,
mountebank,
grifter (slang, US, Canadian),
skelm (South Africa),
rorter (Australian, slang),
wrong 'un (slang)
Additional synonyms
in the sense of rot
Definition
nonsense
You do talk rot!
Synonyms
nonsense,
rubbish,
drivel,
twaddle,
malarkey,
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
shit (taboo, slang),
pants (slang),
crap (slang),
garbage (US),
trash,
bunk (informal),
bullshit (taboo, slang),
hot air (informal),
tosh (slang, British),
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
tripe (informal),
guff (slang),
moonshine,
claptrap (informal),
hogwash,
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
codswallop (British, slang),
piffle (informal),
poppycock (informal),
balderdash,
bosh (informal),
eyewash (informal),
stuff and nonsense,
flapdoodle (slang),
tommyrot,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
bunkum or buncombe,
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
in the sense of scoundrel
Definition
a person who cheats and deceives
He is a lying scoundrel.
Synonyms
rogue,
cad (old-fashioned, informal),
bastard (informal, offensive),
villain,
mother,
heel (slang),
cheat,
shit (taboo, slang),
bugger (taboo, slang),
swine,
rascal,
son-of-a-bitch (offensive, slang, US, Canadian),
asshole (US, Canadian, taboo, slang),
scally (NorthwestEngland, dialect),
turd (taboo, slang),
wretch,
incorrigible,
motherfucker (taboo, slang, US),
knave (archaic),
rotter (slang, British),
ne'er-do-well,
reprobate,
scumbag (slang),
good-for-nothing,
miscreant,
scamp,
bad egg (old-fashioned, informal),
blackguard,
cocksucker (taboo, slang),
scapegrace,
asswipe (US, Canadian, taboo, slang),
caitiff (archaic),
dastard (archaic),
skelm (South Africa),
wrong 'un (slang)
in the sense of tripe
Definition
nonsense or rubbish
I've never heard such a load of tripe in all my life.
Synonyms
nonsense,
rot (old-fashioned),
trash,
twaddle,
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
rubbish,
shit (taboo, slang),
pants (slang),
crap (slang),
garbage (informal),
bullshit (taboo, slang),
hot air (informal),
tosh (slang, British),
bollocks (British, taboo, slang),
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
drivel,
guff (slang),
moonshine,
claptrap (informal),
hogwash,
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
piffle (informal),
poppycock (informal),
inanity,
balderdash,
bosh (informal),
eyewash (informal),
trumpery,
tommyrot,
foolish talk,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
bunkum or buncombe,
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
in the sense of twaddle
Definition
silly, trivial, or pretentious talk or writing
He was baffled by the intellectual twaddle.
Synonyms
nonsense,
rubbish,
rot (informal),
garbage (informal),
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
shit (taboo, slang),
pants (slang),
gossip,
crap (slang),
trash,
chatter,
bullshit (taboo, slang),
hot air (informal),
tosh (slang, British),
waffle (informal, British),
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
drivel,
tripe (informal),
guff (slang),
tattle,
moonshine,
verbiage,
gabble,
claptrap (informal),
gobbledegook (informal),
hogwash,
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
rigmarole,
blather,
piffle (informal),
poppycock (informal),
inanity,
balderdash,
bosh (informal),
eyewash (informal),
trumpery,
tommyrot,
foolish talk,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
bunkum or buncombe,
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)
in the sense of villain
Definition
a wicked or evil person
As a copper, I've spent my life putting villains like him away.
Synonyms
evildoer,
criminal,
rogue,
profligate,
scoundrel (old-fashioned),
wretch,
libertine,
knave (archaic),
reprobate,
miscreant,
malefactor,
blackguard,
rapscallion,
caitiff (archaic),
wrong 'un (slang)
in the sense of wretch
Definition
a despicable person
I think he's a mean-minded, vindictive old wretch.