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SHIT (shat, shitted, shitting)

Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

IPA (US): 

Irregular inflected forms: shat  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, shitted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, shitting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

 Dictionary entry overview: What does shit mean? 

SHIT (noun)
  The noun SHIT has 6 senses:

1. obscene terms for fecesplay

2. obscene words for unacceptable behaviorplay

3. a small worthless amountplay

4. a coarse term for defecationplay

5. insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculousplay

6. something of little valueplay

  Familiarity information: SHIT used as a noun is common.


SHIT (verb)
  The verb SHIT has 2 senses:

1. give away information about somebodyplay

2. have a bowel movementplay

  Familiarity information: SHIT used as a verb is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SHIT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Obscene terms for feces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

crap; dirt; poop; shit; shite; turd

Hypernyms ("shit" is a kind of...):

BM; dejection; faecal matter; faeces; fecal matter; feces; ordure; stool (solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels)

Domain usage:

dirty word; filth; obscenity; smut; vulgarism (an offensive or indecent word or phrase)

Derivation:

shit (have a bowel movement)

shit (give away information about somebody)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Obscene words for unacceptable behavior

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

bull; bullshit; crap; dogshit; horseshit; Irish bull; shit

Context example:

what he said was mostly bull

Hypernyms ("shit" is a kind of...):

buncombe; bunk; bunkum; guff; hogwash; rot (unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements))

Domain usage:

dirty word; filth; obscenity; smut; vulgarism (an offensive or indecent word or phrase)


Sense 3

Meaning:

A small worthless amount

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

diddley; diddly; diddly-shit; diddly-squat; diddlyshit; diddlysquat; doodly-squat; jack; shit; squat

Context example:

you don't know jack

Hypernyms ("shit" is a kind of...):

small indefinite amount; small indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)


Sense 4

Meaning:

A coarse term for defecation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

dump; shit

Context example:

he took a shit

Hypernyms ("shit" is a kind of...):

defecation; laxation; shitting (the elimination of fecal waste through the anus)

Derivation:

shit (have a bowel movement)

shit (give away information about somebody)


Sense 5

Meaning:

Insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

asshole; bastard; cocksucker; dickhead; mother fucker; motherfucker; prick; shit; SOB; son of a bitch; whoreson

Hypernyms ("shit" is a kind of...):

disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

Domain usage:

dirty word; filth; obscenity; smut; vulgarism (an offensive or indecent word or phrase)


Sense 6

Meaning:

Something of little value

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

damn; darn; hoot; red cent; shit; shucks; tinker's dam; tinker's damn

Context example:

not worth shucks

Hypernyms ("shit" is a kind of...):

ineptitude; worthlessness (having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful)

Derivation:

shitty (very bad)


SHIT (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they shit  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it shits  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: shat  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation / shit  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation / shitted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: shat  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation / shit  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation / shitted  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: shitting  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


Sense 1

Meaning:

Give away information about somebody

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

betray; denounce; give away; grass; rat; shit; shop; snitch; stag; tell on

Context example:

He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam

Hypernyms (to "shit" is one way to...):

inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state of affairs, or event to)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shit"):

sell someone out (give information that compromises others)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

shit (a coarse term for defecation)

shit (obscene terms for feces)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Have a bowel movement

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

ca-ca; crap; defecate; make; shit; stool; take a crap; take a shit

Context example:

The dog had made in the flower beds

Hypernyms (to "shit" is one way to...):

egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)

Verb group:

make; make water; micturate; pass water; pee; pee-pee; piddle; piss; puddle; relieve oneself; spend a penny; take a leak; urinate; wee; wee-wee (eliminate urine)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shit"):

dung (defecate; used of animals)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

shit (a coarse term for defecation)

shit (obscene terms for feces)

shitter (a person who defecates)

shitting (the elimination of fecal waste through the anus)


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