shit

English Online Dictionary. What means shit‎? What does shit mean?

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: shĭt, IPA^(key): /ʃɪt/
• Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

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.

Alternative forms

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

Noun

shit (usually uncountable, plural shits)

1. (countable, uncountable, colloquial, vulgar) Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:feces
2. (countable, colloquial, vulgar) The act of shitting.
3. (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Rubbish; worthless matter.

4. (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Stuff, things.
5. (uncountable, colloquial, vulgar, definite, US) (the shit) The best of its kind.
6. (uncountable, vulgar, slang) Genitalia, especially male.

   jerk one's shit

7. (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Nonsense; bullshit.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nonsense

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

9. (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) (in negations) 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.

   Can't do shit to accomplish the objectives to inspect. ― Can't do for all; at all to accomplish the objectives to inspect.

   They won't do shit for us to clean the house. ― They won't do nothing; weren't anything for us to clean the house.

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

    Synonyms: fuck, damn

11. (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) A problem or difficult situation.

12. (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) A strong rebuke.

13. (uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Any recreational drug (e.g. cannabis, heroin, etc.).
14. (uncountable, slang, vulgar) Anything exceptional or remarkable.

Descendants

• → Dutch: shit m
• → French: shit m
• → Ilocano: shet
• → Kankanaey: shet
• → Pitcairn-Norfolk: shet
• → Swedish: shit
• → Tagalog: shet

Translations

Adjective

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

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

   Synonym: shitty

2. (vulgar, colloquial) Nasty; despicable.

   Synonym: shitty

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Etymology 2

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.

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)

1. (intransitive, vulgar, colloquial) To defecate.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:defecate

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

4. (transitive, vulgar, colloquial) To fool or try to fool someone; to be deceitful.

   Synonyms: shit with; see also Thesaurus:deceive

5. (transitive, vulgar, colloquial, Australia, New Zealand, UK, Ireland) To annoy. [from 20th c.]

Derived terms

Related terms

• beshit

Translations

Interjection

shit

1. (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; see also Thesaurus:dammit

2. (vulgar) Used to show displeasure or surprise.
   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:shit.
3. (vulgar) Used for mere emphasis; heck, hey.

Derived terms

Descendants

• → Dutch: shit
• → Swedish: shit

Translations

Anagrams

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English shit. Doublet of schijt.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃɪt/
• Hyphenation: shit
• Rhymes: -ɪt

Interjection

shit

1. shit, darn

Usage notes

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

Noun

shit m (uncountable)

1. (slang) stuff
2. (slang) trouble

Related terms

• scheet
• schijt
• schijten

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English shit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʃit/

Noun

shit m (uncountable)

1. (slang) cannabis

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English shit.

Interjection

shit

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

   Synonyms: oj, herregud, jävlar, helvete

Derived terms

• shit pommes frites

Anagrams

• hist.