Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *skitiz
Proto-West Germanic *skiti
Proto-West Germanic *-jā
Proto-West Germanic *skittjā
Old English sċitte
Old English *sċite
Middle English schite
English shit
From Middle English schit, schyt, from Old English *sċite (“dung”) and sċitte (“diarrhoea”), from Proto-West Germanic *skiti and *skittjā, from Proto-Germanic *skitiz, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- (“to split, divide, separate”).
Related to Saterland Frisian Skiete, West Frisian skyte, skyt, Dutch schijt, German Low German Schiet, German Scheiße, Danish skidt, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk skit, Norwegian Bokmål skitt, Icelandic skítur. Compare shite. Doublet of scheisse.
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *skitiz
Proto-West Germanic *skiti
Proto-West Germanic *-jā
Proto-West Germanic *skittjā
Old English sċitte
Old English *sċite
Middle English schite
English shit
From Middle English schit, schyt, from Old English *sċite (“dung”) and sċitte (“diarrhoea”), from Proto-West Germanic *skiti and *skittjā, from Proto-Germanic *skitiz, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- (“to split, divide, separate”).
Related to Saterland Frisian Skiete, West Frisian skyte, skyt, Dutch schijt, German Low German Schiet, German Scheiße, Danish skidt, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk skit, Norwegian Bokmål skitt, Icelandic skítur. Compare shite. Doublet of scheisse.
Meanings
(colloquial, countable, literally, uncountable, usually, vulgar) Usually solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.
He left a shit in the toilet.
He also decided that Belters wouldn’t use the term “bullshit,” because there would be no bulls in the Belt. Instead, they would come up with a uniquely Belter curse, “kaka felota,” a term for what happens when your toilet backs up in low gravity and shit floats all over the place. (“Kata felota” literally means “floating shit.”) 2019 December 22, Annalee Newitz and Cyrus Farivar, “Nick Farmer knows dozens of languages, so he invented one for The Expanse”, in Ars Technica, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2021:
The field is covered in shit.
The practice in most African and some Asian cities is for private lorries to suck up human waste and dump it in rivers. [...] In tackling the shit problem, economics could well be a clincher. 2011 July 30, “Cholera and the super-loo”, in The Economist:
(colloquial, countable, informal, literally, usually, vulgar) The act of shitting.
JAMES CARTER: You put your own shit in the back; I'm not a skycap. 1998, Jim Kouf, Ross LaManna, Rush Hour, California: New Line Cinema:
Don't know why I put up with this shit / When you don't put out and Zip City's so far away 2001, “Zip City”, performed by Mike Cooley:
I want your shit out of my garage by tomorrow.
He’s physical and monosyllabic. He does all sorts of cool shit, and he subtly rediscovers his own heroism without making a big thing out of it. But he’s a supporting character, and he knows it. 2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2022:
Fuck it. I don't feel like doing this shit.
(US, colloquial, definite, slang, uncountable, usually, vulgar) (the shit) The best of its kind.
These grapes are the shit!
(slang, uncountable, usually, vulgar) Genitalia, especially male.
(colloquial, countable, usually, vulgar) A nasty, despicable person, used particularly of men.
…I hate you back, you little shit! 1979, Robert Benton, Kramer vs. Kramer, spoken by Ted Kramer (Dustin Hoffman):
Get the fuck out of here you little shit!
Her son has been a real shit to her.
(Admittedly, the fact that Steve Mnuchin, Trump’s vampiric treasury secretary, was a Fury Road executive producer complicates this whole parallel. I don’t know what to do with that. Even pieces of shit can, I suppose, be involved with great things from time to time.) 2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2022:
I am a shit and a rotter.
(colloquial, in the negative, uncountable, usually, vulgar) Anything.
You ain't shit.
We don’t have shit to live on.
John can't sing for shit.
(colloquial, countable, usually, vulgar) The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
I don't give a shit.
(colloquial, uncountable, usually, vulgar) A problem or difficult situation.
Some shit went down at the nightclub last night.
I'm in some serious shit.
(colloquial, uncountable, usually, vulgar) A strong rebuke.
I gave him shit for being three hours late twice in one week.
(colloquial, uncountable, usually, vulgar) Any recreational drug (e.g. cannabis, heroin, etc.).
‘Now,’ he said, ‘if someone would close the curtains and light a joss-stick, I have here for your delight some twenty-four-carat black Nepalese cannabis resin which should be smoked immediately on account of it being seriously good shit.’ 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, section I, page 20:
(slang, uncountable, usually, vulgar) Anything exceptional or remarkable.
I heard Bobby escaped from the police by jumping off a bridge into the river. Ain't that some shit?
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sek-?
Proto-Indo-European *-éyti
Proto-Indo-European *skey-
Proto-Indo-European *skeyd-
Proto-Indo-European *skéydt
Proto-Germanic *skītaną
Proto-West Germanic *skītan
Old English sċītan
Middle English schiten
English shit
From Middle English schiten, shiten, from Old English sċītan, from Proto-West Germanic *skītan, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skéydt, from *skeyd-, *skeh₁i-d (“to cut”) (compare *skey-).
Cognate with West Frisian skite, Low German schieten, Dutch schijten, German scheißen, Danish skide. More at shed.
Meanings
(colloquial, mildly, slang, vulgar) Expression of worry, failure, shock, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term.
Oh, shit!
Shit! I think that I forgot to pack my sleeping bag last night!
Holy shit!
(colloquial, vulgar) Used to show displeasure or surprise.
"Oh, shit. I left my worksheet at home," she said to the language arts teacher, which got her in trouble.
(colloquial, vulgar) Used for mere emphasis; heck, hey.
All my comrades were laughing and clowning me, but shit, that didn't stop me from talking more shit. 2017, Darrell Smith, Miracle Baby:
pl szajs! (expression of worry, failure) · wa flute! (expression of worry, failure) · is djöfulsins (expression of worry, failure) · cs do hajzlu! (expression of worry, failure) · pl kurwa! (expression of worry, failure) · is fjandans (expression of worry, failure) · cs kurva! (expression of worry, failure) · eo fek! (expression of worry, failure) · nl schijt! (expression of worry, failure) · no dritt! (expression of worry, failure) · ms sial (expression of worry, failure) · gl merda! (expression of worry, failure) · is andskotans (expression of worry, failure) · bew sompret! (expression of worry, failure) · es chucha (expression of worry, failure) · no faen! (expression of worry, failure) · sh sranje! (expression of worry, failure) · ro căcat! (expression of worry, failure) · ru ебёна мать (expression of worry, failure) · es ¡carajo! (expression of worry, failure) · lt šūdas! (expression of worry, failure) · eu kaka zaharra! (expression of worry, failure) · nl kut! (expression of worry, failure) · tl tae! (expression of worry, failure) · ast mierda! (expression of worry, failure) · ca merda! (expression of worry, failure) · wa miere! (expression of worry, failure) · es ¡mierda! (expression of worry, failure) · bg лайно! (expression of worry, failure) · de Scheiße! (expression of worry, failure) · es joder (to show surprise) · cs do prdele! (expression of worry, failure) · ru ёб твою́ мать! (expression of worry, failure) · ro futu-ți! (expression of worry, failure) · uk лайно! (expression of worry, failure) · ta ஐயோ (to show surprise) · es chucha (to show surprise) · id sialan! (expression of worry, failure) · fi vittu! (expression of worry, failure) · sv fan! (expression of worry, failure) · id kampret! (expression of worry, failure) · tr sıçayım! (expression of worry, failure) · sv jävlar! (expression of worry, failure) · ka ფუ ამისი (expression of worry, failure) · sl drek! (expression of worry, failure) · ti መቀዘ! (expression of worry, failure) · ia merda! (expression of worry, failure) · ta ஐயோ (expression of worry, failure) · sk do riti! (expression of worry, failure) · tr sıçıyım! (expression of worry, failure) · ro căca-m-aș! (expression of worry, failure) · sk kurva! (expression of worry, failure) · pt droga! (expression of worry, failure) · fi (voi) paska! (expression of worry, failure) · ru сука! (expression of worry, failure) · it merda! (expression of worry, failure) · hu francba! (expression of worry, failure) · sv skit! (expression of worry, failure) · ja クソ (expression of worry, failure) · it cazzo! (expression of worry, failure) · no skitt! (expression of worry, failure) · es ¡puta! (expression of worry, failure) · ja チェ (expression of worry, failure) · hu szarba! (expression of worry, failure) · yi קורוואַ (expression of worry, failure) · sk do hajzlu! (expression of worry, failure) · tl puta! (expression of worry, failure) · pl dupa! (expression of worry, failure) · wa nodidju! (expression of worry, failure) · et pask! (expression of worry, failure) · sh срање! (expression of worry, failure) · br kaoc'h! (expression of worry, failure) · tl leche! (expression of worry, failure) · cmn 肏 (expression of worry, failure) · nds Schiet! (expression of worry, failure) · ka ფუ შენი (expression of worry, failure) · pt merda! (expression of worry, failure) · ro băga-mi-aș! (expression of worry, failure) · tr sıçtık! (expression of worry, failure) · da lort! (expression of worry, failure) · el σκατά! (expression of worry, failure) · lv sūdi! (expression of worry, failure) · ru блядь! (expression of worry, failure) · is sjitt (expression of worry, failure) · is helvítis (expression of worry, failure) · fr merde! (expression of worry, failure) · nb faen (to show surprise) · es hostia (to show surprise) · sl sranje! (expression of worry, failure)
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *sek-?
Proto-Indo-European *-éyti
Proto-Indo-European *skey-
Proto-Indo-European *skeyd-
Proto-Indo-European *skéydt
Proto-Germanic *skītaną
Proto-West Germanic *skītan
Old English sċītan
Middle English schiten
English shit
From Middle English schiten, shiten, from Old English sċītan, from Proto-West Germanic *skītan, from Proto-Germanic *skītaną, from Proto-Indo-European *skéydt, from *skeyd-, *skeh₁i-d (“to cut”) (compare *skey-).
Cognate with West Frisian skite, Low German schieten, Dutch schijten, German scheißen, Danish skide. More at shed.
Meanings
(colloquial, intransitive, literally, vulgar) To defecate.
For quotations using this term, see Citations:shit.
(colloquial, literally, transitive, vulgar) To excrete (something) through the anus.
(colloquial, literally, reflexive, transitive, vulgar) To defecate on; to soil through defecating.
I laughed so hard I shat myself.
(ambitransitive, colloquial, slang, vulgar) To fart (especially a wet fart) or shart.
'You should have seen her, Rosie. I think Gordy got such a fright, it was him who shat it.' Nikki chortled. 'I nearly lost it,' Julie said. 2016, Anna Smith, Rough Cut: Rosie Gilmour 6:
I hate that guy. He needs to lay off the cheese or something because he's always shitting farts so hard I'm surprised he doesn't blow out the back of his pants. 2020, St John Karp, Quake City:
Ken Anker broke the silence and spoke through the bars. "Whoever is shitting their pants, please stop.” "Sorry," Sysco replied." It must be the food they serve here.” 2016, R.J. Torbert, No Mercy: A Powers and Johnson Novel, page 316:
Of course, the farter does not dislike the smell of his own doing, but anybody else's fart, "Katey, bar the doors" and shouting, "Who shit?" 2008, Norman A. Richards, What Do Women Gossip About?, page 35:
(colloquial, transitive, vulgar) To fool or try to fool someone; to be deceitful.
Twelve hundred dollars!? Are you shitting me!?
(Australia, Ireland, New-Zealand, UK, colloquial, transitive, vulgar) To annoy.
I saw red and smashed a plate and a bowl. […] I swept up the mess. I bawled a lot as I swept […] I also thought, I am about to get my period. It absolutely shits me that this should explain anything. 1983, Helen Garner, Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume I, Text Publishing, published 2022, page 70:
jv ngising (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · de kacken (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · lt iššikti (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · fa ریدن (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · ko 똥을 싸다 (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · wa schiter (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · fo skíta (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · it cacare (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · sq dhjes (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · pt cagar (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · bn হাগা (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · hi हगना (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · ka მოკუკვა (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · rm far il cac (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · es exonerar el vientre (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · ka ჯმა (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · rup cac (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · de scheißen (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · vi đi tiêu (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · bn হাগা (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · es zurriar (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · tr boşaltım yapmak (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · cs srát (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · qu ismai (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · bg сера́ (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · pl srać (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · az dırıqlamaq (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · yi קאַקן (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · pl srać (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · ru вы́срать (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · la cacō (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · lt šikti (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · cs srát (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · ta கழி (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · nn drite (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · lv dirst (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · pt cagar (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · hy քաքել (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · nn drita (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · cy cachu (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · kw kagha (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · km ជុះអាច់ (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · de scheißen (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · nb drite (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · sh срати (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · cmn 拉屎 (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · es jiñar (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · ovd draita (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · sv skita (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · rm chajar (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · ro căca (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · is kúka (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · mk кака (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · tr sıçmak (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · eo elfeki (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · lv kakāt (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · ru срать (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · be сраць (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · is skíta (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · wa schiter (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · ca cagar (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · sl srati (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · wa ritchire (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · mk сере (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · io fekifar (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · az sıçmaq (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · fy skite (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · mk сере (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · lb schäissen (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · hy քաքել (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · az sıçmaq (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · pl wysrać (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · lt kakoti (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · vo jiedön (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · hu szarik (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · se baikit (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · zdj hunya (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · ka მოჯმა (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · sah саахтаа (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · fi paskantaa (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · eo feki (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · es surrar (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · es descomer (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · wa tchire (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · kl anarpoq (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · ovd kukka (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · es cagar (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · ru посра́ть (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · is skíta (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · ru ка́кать (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · fi paskantaa (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · nn skita (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · grc χέζω (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · tr dışkılamak (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · sv skita ut (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · sv bajsa ut (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · gd cac (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · mk оди по голема нужда (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · hsb srać (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · lt šikti (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · nds schieten (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · ko 대변을 보다 (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · ru пока́кать (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · nl schijten (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · da skide (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · ru высира́ть (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · ar خَرِئَ (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · mnc ᡥᠠᠮᡨ᠋ᠠᠮᠪᡳ (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · sh srati (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · da skide ud (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · fi kakata (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · sk srať (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · vi ỉa (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · fr caguer (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · nl schijten (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · vi đi ỉa (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · ja くそをする (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · ka მოჯმა (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · mk врши голема нужда (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · dlm cacuor (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · fr chier (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · nb bæsje (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · ka კუჭში გასვლა (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · uk сра́ти (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · ang sċītan (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · tr sıçmak (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · et sittuma (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · ga cac (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · mn баах (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · ab аццра (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · is kúka (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · nn bæsje (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · sl srati (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · gl cagar (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · id beol (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · el χέζω (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · qu akai (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · it cagare (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · es cagar (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · nds-de schieten (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · fi paskoa (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · es zurrar (Mesoamerica) (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · nn bæsja (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · nb skite (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · ca cagar (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · gl cagar (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · sv bajsa (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · da lave lort (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · es hacer aguas mayores (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · hi ख़ारिज करना (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · ko 똥 싸다 (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · wa tchire (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · es tullir (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · ur هگنا (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · fo kukka (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · nn skite (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · ja 大便をする (to defecate — see also defecate, poop) · gd cac (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus) · fa ریدن (vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus)