shit
verb/ʃɪt/
/ʃɪt/
(taboo, slang) shat /ʃæt/
/ʃæt/
and, in British English, shitted /ˈʃɪtɪd/
/ˈʃɪtɪd/
are also used for the past tense and past participle.Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they shit | /ʃɪt/ /ʃɪt/ |
| he / she / it shits | /ʃɪts/ /ʃɪts/ |
| past simple shit | /ʃɪt/ /ʃɪt/ |
| past participle shit | /ʃɪt/ /ʃɪt/ |
| -ing form shitting | /ˈʃɪtɪŋ/ /ˈʃɪtɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive, transitive] shit (something) to empty solid waste matter from the bowels A more polite way of expressing this is ‘to go to the toilet/lavatory’ (British English), ‘to go to the bathroom’ (North American English) or ‘to go’. A more formal expression is ‘to empty the bowels’.
- [transitive] shit yourself to empty solid waste matter from the bowels by accident
- [transitive] shit yourself to be very frightened
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.
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