shit

/ʃɪt/

/ʃɪt/

Other forms: shat; shits; shitting

Shit is one of the most commonly used slang words that mean "poop" or "crap." Or it's used as an emphatic exclamation roughly meaning "oh no!" Despite its commonness, shit is still considered inappropriate.

When you stub your toe or cut yourself, it's pretty hard not to say "Shit!" Still, you'd better try to avoid it in most settings, because shit is an obscenity that many people do not want to hear. It's probably a bad word because poop is generally considered pretty disgusting. So even though we all shit, and we all probably say shit, we need to be careful who we're saying it around.

Definitions of shit

1. verb

   have a bowel movement
   synonyms: ca-ca, crap, defecate, make, stool, take a crap, take a shit

   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

   types:

   dung

   defecate; used of animals

   type of:

   egest, eliminate, excrete, pass

   eliminate from the body
2. verb

   give away information about somebody
   synonyms: betray, denounce, give away, grass, rat, shop, snitch, stag, tell on

   types:

   sell out

   give information that compromises others

   type of:

   inform

   impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to
3. noun

   obscene terms for feces
   synonyms: crap, dirt, poop, shite, turd

   type of:

   BM, dejection, faecal matter, faeces, fecal matter, feces, ordure, stool

   solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
4. noun

   a coarse term for defecation
   synonyms: dump

   type of:

   defecation, laxation, shitting

   the elimination of fecal waste through the anus
5. noun

   something of little value
   synonyms: damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shucks, tinker's dam, tinker's damn

   type of:

   ineptitude, worthlessness

   having no qualities that would render it valuable or useful
6. noun

   insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous
   synonyms: SOB, asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, son of a bitch, whoreson

   type of:

   disagreeable person, unpleasant person

   a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
7. noun

   obscene words for unacceptable behavior
   synonyms: Irish bull, bull, bullshit, crap, dogshit, horseshit

   type of:

   buncombe, bunk, bunkum, guff, hogwash, rot

   unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
8. noun

   a small worthless amount
   synonyms: diddley, diddly, diddly-shit, diddly-squat, diddlyshit, diddlysquat, doodly-squat, jack, squat

   type of:

   small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity

   an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude