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Meaning of shit | Babel Free

Noun CEFR A1 Common
ʃɪt

Definitions

  1. Usually solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces
  2. milk
  3. A village in Mazandaran Province, Iran.
  4. Usually solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.
    colloquial, countable, literally, uncountable, usually, vulgar
  5. The act of shitting
  6. cum, semen
  7. A village in Zanjan Province, Iran.
  8. The act of shitting.
    colloquial, countable, informal, literally, usually, vulgar
  9. Rubbish; worthless matter
  10. Rubbish; worthless matter.
    colloquial, uncountable, usually, vulgar
  11. Stuff, things
  12. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
  13. Stuff, things.
    colloquial, uncountable, usually, vulgar
  14. (the shit) The best of its kind
  15. third-person singular imperative
  16. (the shit) The best of its kind.
    US, colloquial, definite, slang, uncountable, usually, vulgar
  17. Genitalia, especially male.
    slang, uncountable, usually, vulgar
  18. Nonsense; bullshit.
    colloquial, uncountable, usually, vulgar
  19. A nasty, despicable person, used particularly of men.
    colloquial, countable, usually, vulgar
  20. (in negations) Anything.
    colloquial, uncountable, usually, vulgar
  21. The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
    colloquial, countable, usually, vulgar
  22. A problem or difficult situation.
    colloquial, uncountable, usually, vulgar
  23. A strong rebuke.
    colloquial, uncountable, usually, vulgar
  24. Any recreational drug (e.g. cannabis, heroin, etc.).
    colloquial, uncountable, usually, vulgar
  25. Anything exceptional or remarkable.
    slang, uncountable, usually, vulgar

Equivalents

العربية التغوّط خرئ
Azərbaycanca dırıqlamaq sıçmaq
Беларуская сраць
Български сера
বাংলা হাগা
Català cagar fem merda
Cymraeg cachu
Dansk skide skidt
Ελληνικά μουνί σκατά σκατό χέζω
Esperanto fekaĵo feki feko fekulo merda merdo
Eesti pask sittuma
فارسی ریدن
Gaeilge cac
Gàidhlig cac
Galego cagar carallada lixo merda porcallada
हिन्दी हगना
Magyar szar szárik
Հայերեն քաքել
ქართული სისულელე
ខ្មែរ ជុះអាច់
Kurdî adî adî bêol fêkî fêm got merdê ş
Latina caco
Lëtzebuergesch schäissen
Lietuvių Š šikti šūdas šūdinas
Latviešu dirst kakāt sūds
Монгол баах
Bahasa Melayu sial
Română caca căcat porcărie rahat
Slovenčina srať
Slovenščina sranje srati
Shqip dhjes
Українська срати
Tiếng Việt đi tiêu ỉa

Examples

“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.”
“Throw that shit out!”
“Get rid of that shit!”
“Bring that shit to the disposal.”
“I want your shit out of my garage by tomorrow.”
“Fuck it. I don't feel like doing this shit.”
“JAMES CARTER: You put your own shit in the back; I'm not a skycap.”
“Don't know why I put up with this shit / When you don't put out and Zip City's so far away”
“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.”
“These grapes are the shit!”
“jerk one's shit”
“Everything he says is a load of shit.”
“Enough of this shit!”
“Quit your shit!”
“What is this shit?”
“Aw, this shit again?”
“Her son has been a real shit to her.”
“I am a shit and a rotter.”
“Get the fuck out of here you little shit!”
“We don’t have shit to live on.”

We don’t have anything to live on.

“John can't sing for shit.”

John can't sing at all.

“You ain't shit.”

You're nothing; you aren't worth anything.

“I don't give a shit.”
“I'm in some serious shit.”
“Some shit went down at the nightclub last night.”
“I gave him shit for being three hours late twice in one week.”
“‘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.’”
“I heard Bobby escaped from the police by jumping off a bridge into the river. Ain't that some shit?”

CEFR level

A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
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