I. shit 1 /ʃɪt/ BrE AmE interjection not polite
used to express anger, annoyance, fear, or disappointment SYN damn :
Shit! I’ve left my purse at home.
II. shit 2 BrE AmE noun spoken not polite
[ Language: Old English ; Origin: scite ]
1 . BODY WASTE
a) [uncountable] solid waste that comes out of your body from your ↑ bowel s :
a car covered in bird shit
b) [singular] an act of getting rid of solid waste from your ↑ bowel s
take a shit (also have a shit )British English
2 . SOMETHING BAD [uncountable] something that you think is bad or of very bad quality, or a bad situation:
I’m not eating that shit!
piece/pile/load etc of shit
3 . STUPID/UNTRUE TALK [uncountable] something that someone says that you think is stupid or untrue SYN nonsense :
You expect me to believe that shit?
You’re full of shit (=the things you say are stupid or untrue) .
4 . not give a shit (what/whether/about etc) to not care at all about something or someone SYN not give a damn :
I don’t give a shit what you think!
5 . have/get the shits to have or get ↑ diarrhoea (=an illness in which solid waste comes out of your body in a much more liquid form than usual)
6 . take/put up with shit (from somebody) to allow someone to behave badly or treat you badly
7 . PERSON [countable] someone who is very unpleasant and treats other people badly
8 . feel/look like shit to feel or look very ill, or to not look as neat and clean as you should
9 . treat somebody like shit to treat someone very badly
10 . SB’S POSSESSIONS [uncountable] American English someone’s possessions, especially the things they have with them:
Get your shit together, then come on over.
11 . shit happens used to say that sometimes bad things happen, and people cannot always prevent them from happening
12 . ... and shit used to say that there are more details that you could mention, but it should be clear to someone else what you mean:
You said you had maps and shit.
13 . no shit American English
a) used to express surprise or to check whether what someone has just said is true:
‘I can get you one for $50.’ ‘No shit?’
b) used to emphasize that what you are saying is true, or to agree that what someone else says is true:
They had like, no shit, 40 different kinds of beer.
14 . in deep shit ( also in the shit British English ) in a lot of trouble SYN in big trouble
15 . beat/kick etc the shit out of somebody to beat, kick etc someone so violently that they are badly injured
16 . give somebody shit to insult someone or criticize them
17 . the shit hits the fan used to say that there will be a lot of trouble when someone finds out about something
⇨ be hot shit at ↑ hot 1 (4), ⇨ tough shit! at ↑ tough 1 (8)
III. shit 3 BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle shit or shat /ʃæt/, present participle shitting ) spoken not polite
1 . shit yourself British English shit (in) your pants American English to feel very worried or frightened
2 . [intransitive] to pass solid waste out of your body from your ↑ bowel s
3 . [transitive] American English to tell someone something that is untrue:
Are you shitting me?
4 . [intransitive] to treat someone very badly
shit on
This will teach you not to shit on me.
IV. shit 4 BrE AmE adjective British English spoken not polite
very bad:
a really shit job
shit at
I’m shit at tennis.
⇨ up shit creek at ↑ creek (3)