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Definition of shit noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

shit

noun
 
/ʃɪt/
 
/ʃɪt/
(taboo, slang)Idioms
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  1. [uncountable] solid waste matter from the bowels synonym excrement
    • a pile of dog shit on the path
    A more polite way to express this example would be ‘a pile of dog poo/poop’.
  2. [singular] an act of emptying solid waste matter from the bowels
    • to have/take a shit
  3. [uncountable] stupid remarks or writing synonym nonsense
    • You're talking shit!
    • She's so full of shit.
    • Don’t give me that shit.
    see also bullshit
  4. [countable] (offensive) an offensive word for a person who you think is unpleasant and treats other people badly
    • He's an arrogant little shit.
  5. [uncountable] criticism or unfair treatment
    • I'm not going to take any shit from them.
    6. Word OriginOld English scitte ‘diarrhoea’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schijten, German scheissen (verb). The term was originally neutral and used without vulgar connotation.
Idioms
beat, kick, etc. the shit out of somebody
  1. (taboo, slang) to attack somebody violently so that you injure them
bug the hell/crap/shit out of somebody
  1. (offensive, slang) to annoy somebody very much
    • The song just bugs the hell out of me.
a crock of shit
  1. (taboo, slang, especially North American English) something that is not true
in the shit | in deep shit
  1. (taboo, slang) in trouble
    • I'll be in the shit if I don't get this work finished today.
    • You’re in deep shit now.
like shit
  1. (taboo, slang) really bad, ill etc.; really badly
    • I woke up feeling like shit.
    • We get treated like shit in this job.
no shit!
  1. (taboo, slang, often ironic) used to show that you are surprised, impressed, etc. or that you are pretending to be
not give a shit (about somebody/something)
  1. (taboo, slang) to not care at all about somebody/something
    • He doesn't give a shit about anybody else.
scare the shit out of somebody | scare somebody shitless
  1. (taboo, slang) to frighten somebody very much
shit happens
  1. (taboo, slang) used to express the idea that we must accept that bad things often happen without reason
when the shit hits the fan
  1. (taboo, slang) when somebody in authority finds out about something bad or wrong that somebody has done
    • When the shit hits the fan, I don't want to be here.
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