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SHIT (shat, shitted, shitting)
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Dictionary entry overview: What does shit mean?
• SHIT (noun)
The noun SHIT has 6 senses:
2. obscene words for unacceptable behavior
4. a coarse term for defecation
5. insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
Familiarity information: SHIT used as a noun is common.
• SHIT (verb)
The verb SHIT has 2 senses:
1. give away information about somebody
Familiarity information: SHIT used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
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)
Conjugation: |
Past simple: shat / shit / shitted
Past participle: shat / shit / shitted
-ing form: shitting
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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