shit
SHIT/ʃɪt/
Pluralshits (some meanings)
UK spellingshite
Pluralshits (some meanings)
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- 9To push waste out of your body through your bottom, or to make something dirty that way.
Birds shit wherever they like.
He really had to shit after that spicy meal.
Similarcrap
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- 13Something that is really good or amazing.
That pizza place is the shit.
Her new bike is the shit.
Similarbomb
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Origins
Meanings 1, 3–8, 11–16, 18
This word comes from Old English words for dung and diarrhea, which may go back to an Indo-European root meaning 'to split or separate.'
Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 2 facts
- The word comes from Old English nouns meaning dung and diarrhea. en.wikipedia.org
- The root meaning 'to split or separate' is Proto-Indo-European *skeyd-. The intervening Proto-Germanic noun *skitiz means excrement. en.wiktionary.org
Meanings 2, 9–10, 17, 19
This verb comes from Old English sċītan, which may go back to an Indo-European root meaning 'to cut.'
Checked 31 Oct 2026 · 2 facts
- The verb descends from Old English sċītan. en.wiktionary.org
- The root meaning 'to cut' is Proto-Indo-European. Proto-Germanic *skītaną means 'to defecate, to shit'. en.wiktionary.org