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| Language: | Old English |
| Origin: | scite |
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shit2 S2 spoken not polite
1
body waste
a) [uncountable] solid waste that comes out of your body from your bowels :
• a car covered in bird shit
b) [singular] an act of getting rid of solid waste from your bowels
2 something that you think is bad or of very bad quality, or a bad situation :
something bad
[uncountable]• I'm not eating that shit!
3 something that someone says that you think is stupid or untrue [= nonsense]:
stupid/untrue talk
[uncountable]• You expect me to believe that shit?
4 to not care at all about something or someone [= not give a damn]:
not give a shit (what/whether/about etc)
• I don't give a shit what you think!
5 to have or get diarrhoea (=an illness in which solid waste comes out of your body in a much more liquid form than usual)
have/get the shits
MI7 someone who is very unpleasant and treats other people badly
person
[countable]10 someone's possessions, especially the things they have with them :
somebody's possessions
American English [uncountable]• Get your shit together then come on over.
11 used to say that sometimes bad things happen, and people cannot always prevent them from happening
shit happens
12 used to say that there are more details that you could mention, but it should be clear to someone else what you mean :
... and shit
• You said you had maps and shit.
13
no shit
American Englisha) 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.
15 to beat, kick etc someone so violently that they are badly injured
beat/kick etc the shit out of somebody
17 used to say that there will be a lot of trouble when someone finds out about something
