From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishshitshit1 /ʃɪt/ interjection not polite used to express anger, annoyance, fear, or disappointment SYN damnShit! I’ve left my purse at home.shitshit2 noun spoken not polite 1 body waste a) [uncountable]HBH solid waste that comes out of your body from your bowelsa car covered in bird shit b) [singular] an act of getting rid of solid waste from your bowelstake a shit (also have a shit British English)2 something bad [uncountable]UNPLEASANT something that you think is bad or of very bad quality, or a bad situationI’m not eating that shit!piece/pile/load etc of shit3 stupid/untrue talk [uncountable]UNTRUE something that someone says that you think is stupid or untrue SYN nonsenseYou 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)5 → have/get the shits6 → take/put up with shit (from somebody)7 person [countable]UNPLEASANT an insulting word for someone who is very unpleasant and treats other people badly. Do not use this word.8 → feel/look like shit9 → treat somebody like shit10 somebody’s possessions [uncountable] American English someone’s possessions, especially the things they have with themGet your shit together, then come on over. 11 → shit happens12 → ... and shit13 → no shit14 → in deep shit15 → beat/kick etc the shit out of somebody16 → give somebody shit17 → the shit hits the fan → be hot shit at hot1(4), → tough shit! at tough1(8)
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shit• The room began to smell of feathers and shit.• There's a pile of dog shit on the sidewalk.• We really do look like shit.• There are people I treat like shit.• What are you looking at, you little shit?• I mean, shit, I got to know what he's thinking, right?• Why are you into this kind of shit?• She put up with a lot of shit from her ex-husband.• But the shit proliferates, he wrote, and there is still much to be done.• So you heard this shit from Amelia?• Just put your shit on the chair over there.piece/pile/load etc of shit• Your scrappy little hills are a pile of shit and you know it.• You're just a piece of shit and if I stepped on you I'd scrape you off my shoe.• And began to tell me what a piece of shit that was.• What a pile of shit everything is.• In my room, I would hear Miss Fingerstop and the women call each other pieces of shit.• How many pages from that pile of shit you have in front of you are necessary?• Now you listen to me, you piece of shit.full of shit• You're full of shit , Rudy.• And, by the way-Clive's full of shit.• They're so full of shit.• I thought she was full of shit, but what the hell?• Why was the world full of shits?shitshit3 verb (past tense and past participle shit or shat /ʃæt/, present participle shitting) spoken not polite 1 → shit yourself2 [intransitive]HBH to pass solid waste out of your body from your bowels3 [transitive] American EnglishLIE/TELL A LIE to tell someone something that is untrueAre you shitting me?4 [intransitive] to treat someone very badlyshit onThis will teach you not to shit on me.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
shit• The bread holds it below till you're ready to shit.shitshit4 adjective British English spoken not polite BAD ATvery bada really shit jobshit atI’m shit at tennis. → up shit creek at creek(3)Origin shit2 Old English scite 