Shit

/ʃɪt/ · noun

Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

1. (countable, uncountable, colloquial, literally) Usually solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.
2. (countable, informal, colloquial, literally) The act of shitting.
3. (uncountable, colloquial) Rubbish; worthless matter.
4. (uncountable, colloquial) Stuff, things.
5. (uncountable, colloquial, slang, definite, US) (the shit) The best of its kind.
6. (uncountable, slang) Genitalia, especially male.
7. (uncountable, colloquial) Nonsense; bullshit.
8. (countable, colloquial) A nasty, despicable person, used particularly of men.

Example Sentences

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.

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.”)

Throw that shit out!

Get rid of that shit!

Bring that shit to the disposal.

I want your shit out of my garage by tomorrow.

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

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

Synonyms for shit

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Word Forms

• shits
• s--t
• s**t
• s—t
• shite
• sheeyit
• sheeit
• sheit
• shiet
• shi
• shii
• shet
• shitter
• more shit
• shittest
• most shit
• shitting
• shat
• shitted
• shit
• shitten

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