SHIT


Meaning of SHIT in English

/ ʃɪt; NAmE / exclamation , noun , verb , adjective

■ exclamation

( taboo , slang ) a swear word that many people find offensive, used to show that you are angry or annoyed :

Shit! I've lost my keys!

HELP NOTE : Less offensive exclamations to use are blast , darn it (especially NAmE ), damn or ( BrE ) bother .

■ noun ( taboo , slang )

1.

[ U ] solid waste matter from the bowels

SYN excrement :

a pile of dog shit on the path

HELP NOTE : A more polite way to express this example would be 'a pile of dog dirt'.

2.

[ sing. ] an act of emptying solid waste matter from the bowels :

to have a shit

3.

[ U ] stupid remarks or writing; nonsense :

You're talking shit!

She's so full of shit.

—see also bullshit

4.

[ C ] ( disapproving ) an unpleasant person who treats other people badly :

He's an arrogant little shit.

5.

[ U ] criticism or unfair treatment :

I'm not going to take any shit from them.

IDIOMS

- beat, kick, etc. the shit out of sb

- in the shit | in deep shit

- like shit

- no shit!

- not give a shit (about sb/sth)

- shit happens

- when the shit hits the fan

—more at crock , scare verb

■ verb ( shit·ting , shit , shit ) ( taboo , slang )

HELP NOTE : shat / ʃæt / and, in BrE , shit·ted are also used for the past tense and past participle.

1.

[ v , vn ] to empty solid waste matter from the bowels

HELP NOTE : A more polite way of expressing this is 'to go to the toilet / lavatory' ( BrE ), 'to go to the bathroom' ( NAmE ) or 'to go'. A more formal expression is 'to empty the bowels'.

2.

[ vn ] shit yourself to empty solid waste matter from the bowels by accident

3.

[ vn ] shit yourself to be very frightened

■ adjective

( taboo slang , especially BrE ) very bad :

You're shit and you know you are!

They're a shit team.

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WORD ORIGIN

Old English scitte diarrhoea , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schijten , German scheissen (verb). The term was originally neutral and used without vulgar connotation.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.