shit

See also: shít

English

Pronunciation

enPR: shĭt, IPA^(key): /ʃɪt/
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Rhymes: -ɪt

Etymology 1

From Middle English schit, schyt, from Old English *sċite (“dung”) and sċitte (“diarrhoea”), from Proto-West Germanic *skiti, from Proto-Germanic *skīta-, *skītaz, *skitiz, from Proto-Indo-European *skeyd- (“to split, divide, separate”).

Related to Middle Low German schite, Low German Schiet, Middle Dutch schitte (Dutch schijt), German Scheiße, Swedish and Norwegian Nynorsk skit, Norwegian Bokmål skitt, Icelandic skítur. Compare shite.

Alternative forms

(bowdlerizations) s--t, s**t, s—t etc.
shite (Britain, Ireland)
sheeyit, sheeit (AAVE)

Noun

shit (usually uncountable, plural shits)

(countable, uncountable, colloquial, vulgar) Solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels; feces.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:feces
- 2011, "Cholera and the super-loo", The Economist, 30 Jul 2011:
  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.
(countable, colloquial, vulgar) The act of shitting.
(uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Rubbish; worthless matter.
Throw that shit out!
(uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Stuff, things.
I want your shit out of my garage by tomorrow.
Fuck it. I don't feel like doing this shit.
- 1998, Jim Kouf; Ross LaManna, Rush Hour‎, California: New Line Cinema:
  JAMES CARTER: You put your own shit in the back; I'm not a skycap.
- 2001, “Zip City”, performed by Mike Cooley:
  Don't know why I put up with this shit / When you don't put out and Zip City's so far away
- 2017 December 1, Tom Breihan, “Mad Max: Fury Road might already be the best action movie ever made”, in The Onion AV Club‎:
  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.
(uncountable, colloquial, vulgar, definite, US) (the shit) The best of its kind.
These grapes are the shit!
- 2003, Curtis Jackson; Rob Tewlow (lyrics), Reef Tewlow (music), “What Up Gangsta”, in Get Rich or Die Tryin'‎, New York City: Shady Records, performed by 50 Cent:
  When gangsters bump my shit, can they feel my hunger?
(uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Nonsense; bullshit.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nonsense
Everything he says is a load of shit.
(countable, vulgar, colloquial) A nasty, despicable person, used particularly of men.
Her son has been a real shit to her.
I am a shit and a rotter.
(uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) (in negations) Anything.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nothing
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.)
(countable, vulgar, colloquial) The smallest amount of concern or consideration.
Synonyms: fuck, damn
I don't give a shit.
(uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) A problem or difficult situation.
I'm in some serious shit.
Some shit went down at the nightclub last night.
(uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) A strong rebuke.
I gave him shit for being three hours late twice in one week.
(uncountable, vulgar, colloquial) Any recreational drug, usually cannabis.
- 1991, Stephen Fry, The Liar, London: Heinemann, OCLC 59891543, page 28:
  ‘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.’

Descendants

→ Dutch: shit m
→ French: shit m

Translations

solid excretory product — See also translations at feces,‎ poo,‎ stool

Afrikaans: stront, kak
Albanian: mut (sq) m
Arabic: خَرَاء‎ m (ḵarāʾ), خِرَاء‎ m (ḵirāʾ)
Egyptian Arabic: خرا‎ m (ḵara), شخاخ‎ m (šuḵāḵ)
Hijazi Arabic: خرا‎ m (ḵara), كَكَّة‎ m (kakka)
Najdi Arabic: زَقّ‎ m (zagg)
Armenian: քաք (kʿakʿ)
Aromanian: cãcat m or n, merdu n, spreamit m, pãngãnãtati f
Assamese: গু (gu), হগা (hoga), পাইখেনা (paikhena), শৌচ (xous), মল (mol)
Asturian: mierda f
Azerbaijani: pox
Basque: kaka
Belarusian: гаўно́ n (haŭnó), лайно́ n (lajnó)
Bengali: হাগু (bn) (hagu)
Breton: kaoc'h (br) m
Bulgarian: лайно́ n (lajnó), говно́ (bg) n (govnó)
Burmese: ဘင် (my) (bhang), ချေး (hkye:)
Catalan: merda (ca) f, tifa (ca) f, excrement (ca) m, caca (ca) f, femta (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 大便 (zh) (dàbiàn), 糞便／粪便 (zh) (fènbiàn), 屎 (zh) (shǐ), 糞／粪 (zh) (fèn)
Czech: hovno (cs) n
Dalmatian: miarda f
Danish: lort (da) c
Dutch: poep (nl), stront (nl), kak (nl), schijt (nl)
Esperanto: fekaĵo, feko (eo), merdo
Estonian: sitt (et), pask (et)
Faroese: lortur m
Finnish: paska (fi)
French: merde (fr) f, crotte (fr) f (of animals)
Friulian: mierde f
Galician: merda (gl) f, caca f, bosta (gl) f, cagada (gl) f
Gamilaraay: guna
Georgian: განავალი (ganavali), მძღნერი (mʒɣneri), კაკა (ḳaḳa), კუკი (ḳuḳi), სკორე (sḳore), აა (ka) (aa) (baby language), სკინტლი (sḳinṭli), ცურცლი (curcli), კურკლი (ḳurḳli), ტურტლი (ṭurṭli), ნეხვი (nexvi), ფუნე (pune), ფუნა (puna)
German: Scheiße (de) f, Scheisse (de) f (Switzerland, Liechtenstein), Kacke (de) f
Greek: σκατό (el) n (skató), σκατά (el) pl (skatá) (more common), κόπρανα (el) pl (kóprana) (formal)
Ancient: σκῶρ n (skôr), κόπρος f (kópros)
Greenlandic: anaq
Guaraní: epoti
Guerrero Amuzgo: kílo'
Gujarati: હંગણ n (haṅgaṇ)
Hebrew: חָרָא‎ (he) m (khará)
Hindi: मल (hi) m (mal), टट्टी (hi) f (ṭaṭṭī), गू (hi) m (gū), गूह (hi) m (gūh), गुह (hi) m (guh), पाखाना (hi) m (pākhānā), विष्ठा (hi) f (viṣṭhā)
Hungarian: szar (hu), fos (hu)
Icelandic: skítur (is) m
Indonesian: tahi (id)
Interlingua: merda (ia)
Irish: cac (ga) m
Italian: merda (it) f, cacca (it) f, stronzo (it) m, escremento (it) m, schifezza (it) f
Japanese: 糞 (ja) (くそ, kuso), うんこ (ja) (unko), ふん (fun), 大便 (ja) (だいべん, daiben)
Javanese: tai (jv)
Jingpho: hkyi
Kazakh: боқ (boq)
Khmer: អាចម៍ (km) (ʼac)
Konkani: गू (gū)
Korean: 똥 (ko) (ttong), 대변 (ko) (daebyeon)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: gû (ku)
Ladino: medra
Lao: ຂີ້ (lo) (khī), ອາຈົມ (ʼā chom)
Latin: merda (la) f, stercus n
Latvian: kaka f, sūds m
Lithuanian: kakis (lt) m, šūdas (lt) m, kaka (lt) f
Low German:
German Low German: Schiet f or m or n
Macedonian: гомно n (gomno), лајно n (lajno), кака f (kaka), измет m (izmet)
(of animals): ѓубре n (ǵubre), лепешка f (lepeška)
Malay: berak (ms), tahi (ms)
Maltese: please add this translation if you can
Maori: tūtae, tiko
Mazanderani: گی‎
Mongolian: баас (mn) (baas)
Navajo: chąąʼ
Nepali: गू m (gū)
North Frisian: schit (Mooring)
Northern Ohlone: 'ínok
Northern Sami: baika
Norwegian:
Bokmål: drit (no) m, dritt (no) m, skitt m, avføring (no) m or f, bæsj (no) m, møkk (no) m or f, ekskrement (no) n, lort (no) m
Nynorsk: drit m, skit m, skitt m, avføring f, bæsj m, møk f, møkk f, ekskrement n, lort m
Occitan: mèrda f
Old English: sċīte f
Persian: گه‎ (fa) (goh), ککه‎ (fa) (kake), ان‎ (fa) (an)
Pitjantjatjara: kuna
Plautdietsch: Schiet n
Polabian: ďünă n
Polish: gówno (pl), łajno (pl) n
Portuguese: merda (pt) f, bosta (pt) f
Punjabi: ਟੱਟੀ (pa) f (Ṭaṭī)
Quechua: aka (qu), isma
Romanian: excrement (ro) n, căcat (ro) n, rahat (ro) m, câcat n
Romansch: merda f, miarda f, mearda f
Russian: говно́ (ru) n (govnó), гомно́ (ru) n (gomnó), дерьмо́ (ru) n (derʹmó), кал (ru) m (kal) (not offensive)
Samoan: tae
Sardinian: merda f, istrunzu 'e merda m, melda f
Scots: keek, kiche, shite
Scottish Gaelic: cac (gd) m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: екскремент m, измет m, говно n
Roman: ekskrement (sh) m, izmet (sh) m, govno (sh) n
Slovak: hovno n
Slovene: drek (sl) m, govno (sl) n
Slovincian: gȯ́u̯vnɵ n
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: gowno n
Upper Sorbian: howno n
Spanish: mierda (es) f, caca (es) f
Swedish: skit (sv) c, bajs (sv) n
Sylheti: ꠀꠉꠣ (aga)
Tagalog: tae (tl)
Tajik: гуҳ (guh)
Tatar: бук (buq)
Thai: ขี้ (th) (kîi), ทุ่ง (th) (tûng), อาจม (aa-jom), บังคนหนัก (th) (bang kon nàk), อุจจาระ (th) (ùt-jaa-rá)
Tibetan: སྐྱག་པ (skyag pa)
Tupinambá: ^{(please verify)} poti, ^{(please verify)} epoti (s-)
Turkish: bok (tr), kaka (tr), dışkı (tr), sıçkı, fışkı (tr), tezek (tr)
Turkmen: bok
Udmurt: кыед (kyjed)
Ukrainian: гімно́ n (himnó), лайно́ (uk) n (lajnó)
Urdu: پا خانه‎ (pā xāneh), ٹٹی‎ (ṭuṭṭi), پاخانه‎ m (pāxāna)
Vietnamese: cứt (vi)
Volapük: jiedot (vo)
Walloon: stron (wa) m
Welsh: cachu (cy)
West Frisian: skyt
Yiddish: דרעק‎ n (drek), קאַק‎ m (kak)

vulgar: instance of defecation

Finnish: paskantaminen (fi), paskalla käynti; (take a shit) paskantaa (fi), käydä paskalla

rubbish

Assamese: বাল (bal)
Catalan: merda (ca) f
Czech: hovno (cs) n, sračka (cs) f
Esperanto: fekaĵo, feko (eo), merdo
Estonian: pask (et)
Finnish: paska (fi)
French: merde (fr) f
Galician: merda (gl) f, porcallada f
German: Scheiß (de) m
Greek: σκατά (el) n pl (skatá)
Interlingua: merda (ia)
Italian: porcheria (it) f
Japanese: 糞 (ja) (くそ, kuso)
Latvian: sūds m
Lithuanian: šūdas (lt) m
Macedonian: срање n (sranje)
Polish: kupa (pl), gówno (pl) n
Portuguese: merda (pt) f, bosta (pt) f, porcaria (pt) f, besteira (pt) f
Russian: говно́ (ru) n (govnó), гомно́ (ru) n (gomnó), дерьмо́ (ru) n (derʹmó), му́сор (ru) m (músor), хлам (ru) m (xlam), поебе́нь (ru) f (pojebénʹ), хуйня (ru) f (xujnja)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: срање n
Roman: sranje (sh) n
Spanish: mierda (es) f, maricadas f pl
Swedish: skit (sv) c
Turkish: atık (tr), bok püsür
Urdu: بکواس‎ f (bakwās) (slang)

stuff, things

Finnish: rojut pl (gear); juttu (fi) (cool thing to do); paska (fi) (not cool at all)
Hungarian: szar (hu)
Russian: хрень (ru) (xrenʹ), шняга (ru) (šnjaga), поебо́та (ru) (pojebóta), хуйня́ (ru) (xujnjá)

the best of its kind

Finnish: huippu (fi)
Russian: класс (ru) n (klass), вещь (ru) (veščʹ)
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} skit (sv) c

nonsense, bullshit

Assamese: বাল (bal)
Czech: kravina (cs) f, pičovina (cs) f
Dutch: gelul (nl) n
Esperanto: fekaĵo, feko (eo), merdo
Estonian: pask (et)
Finnish: paska (fi), hevonpaska (fi)
French: ^{(please verify)} des conneries (fr) f pl
Galician: merda (gl) f, carallada (gl) f
Georgian: სისულელე (sisulele)
German: Scheiß (de) m, Scheiss (de) m (Switzerland, Liechtenstein)
Interlingua: merda (ia)
Italian: stronzate (it) f pl, cazzate (it) f pl
Korean: 개털 (ko) (gaeteol)
Lithuanian: šūdas (lt), nesąmanė m
Macedonian: гомненици (gomnenici), сранје (sranje)
Navajo: dóola bichąąʼ, łį́į́ʼ bichąąʼ
Polish: gówno (pl) n
Portuguese: merda (pt) f, bosta (pt) f, papo-furado m, besteira (pt) f
Russian: говно́ (ru) n (govnó), гомно́ (ru) n (gomnó), вздор (ru) m (vzdor), чушь (ru) f (čušʹ), поебе́нь (ru) f (pojebénʹ), хуйня (ru) f (xujnja), пиздёж m (pizdjóž)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: срање n
Roman: sranje (sh) n
Slovene: sranje (sl) f
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} mierda (es) f, ^{(please verify)} huevonadas f pl, ^{(please verify)} babosadas f pl, pendejada (es) f
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} skit (sv) c, skitsnack (sv) n
Turkish: zırva (tr), saçmalık (tr), boş laf (tr), martaval (tr), maval (tr)
Urdu: بکواس‎ f (bakwās) (slang)

nasty, despicable person

Czech: sráč (cs) m
Dutch: klootzak (nl) m, rotzak (nl) m
Egyptian:

(mḥsḥs)
Esperanto: fekulo (eo)
Estonian: pask (et)
Finnish: kusipää (fi), paskiainen (fi), paskapää (fi)
French: fumier (fr) m (man), merde (fr) f, enculé (fr) m
Galician: malnacido m
German: Scheißkerl (de) m (man), Drecksack (de) m, Mistkerl (de) m
Greek: σκατό (el) n (skató), μουνί (el) n (mouní)
Indonesian: bajingan (id), bangsat (id), keparat (id)
Italian: stronzo (it) m
Lithuanian: šiknius m, šūdo gabalas m
Low German:
German Low German: Schietkeerl m (man)
Macedonian: гомнар m (gomnar), поган m (pogan)
Portuguese: merda (pt) m or f, bosta (pt) m or f
Russian: говню́к (ru) m (govnjúk), гни́да (ru) f (gnída), гад (ru) m (gad), говное́д (ru) m (govnojéd)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: поган m
Roman: pogan (sh) m
Spanish: mierda (es) f, malparido (es) m
Swedish: skit (sv) c, skitstövel (sv) c
Turkish: göt (tr)

not anything, nothing

Catalan: (una) merda
Czech: hovno (cs) n
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} geen reet
Esperanto: fekaĵo, feko (eo), merdo
Estonian: pask (et)
Finnish: paska (fi)
French: que dalle (fr)
Galician: merda (gl) f
German: (einen) Scheiß m
Italian: (un) cazzo m
Korean: 개털 (ko) (gaeteol)
Polish: gówno (pl)
Portuguese: merda nenhuma
Russian: ничего́ (ru) (ničevó), ни фига́ (ru) (ni figá) (colloquial), ни хуя́ (ru) (ni xujá) (vulgar), ни хрена́ (ru) (ni xrená)
Spanish: (una) mierda f
Swedish: skit (sv) c

problem or difficult situation

Finnish: kusinen paikka
Russian: жопа (ru) f (žopa)

strong rebuke

Finnish: haukut (fi) pl, ripitys (fi)

any recreational drug

Russian: дурь (ru) f (durʹ)
Swedish: knark (sv) n

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Romanian: (2,3) ^{(please verify)} rahat (ro) n, (2) ^{(please verify)} porcărie (ro) f
Slovak: (5) ^{(please verify)} hovno n, (3) ^{(please verify)} nezmysel m

Adjective

shit (comparative more shit or shitter, superlative most shit or shittest)

(vulgar, colloquial) Of poor quality; worthless.
What a shit film that was!
(vulgar, colloquial) Nasty; despicable.
That was a shit thing to do to him.

Derived terms

shit hot
shittastic
shitty

Translations

of poor quality

Catalan: de merda
Dutch: snert (nl)
Esperanto: feka, merda (eo)
Finnish: paska (fi)
French: merdique (fr), nul (fr), nul à chier (fr)
Galician: merda (gl) f
German: beschissen (de)
Indonesian: murahan (id)
Italian: merdoso (it)
Japanese: クソッタレな (kusottare-na)
Latin: ^{(please verify)} cacātus
Lithuanian: šūdinas m, šūdina f
Polish: gówniany (pl)
Portuguese: porcaria (pt)
Romanian: de căcat
Russian: говённый (ru) m (govjónnyj), сра́ный (ru) m (srányj), говня́ный (ru) m (govnjányj), гомня́ный m (gomnjányj), дерьмо́вый (ru) m (derʹmóvyj)
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} de mierda (es)
Swedish: skit- (sv)
Turkish: adi (tr), boktan (tr), sikindirik (tr)
Urdu: نکما‎ m (nakamma) (slang), بے کار‎ (bēkār)

despicable

Esperanto: feka, merda (eo)
Finnish: paska (fi), paskamainen (fi)
French: dégueulasse (fr) m or f
Galician: merdada f
German: fies (de)
Indonesian: berengsek (id), brengsek (id), sialan (id)
Russian: говённый (ru) (govjónnyj)
Spanish: mierdada f
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} skit (sv)
Turkish: boktan (tr)

Etymology 2

From Middle English schiten, shiten, from Old English scītan, 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.

Verb

shit (third-person singular simple present shits, present participle shitting, simple past shat or (rare) shitted or (US) shit, past participle shat or (rare) shitted or (US) shit or shitten)

(intransitive, vulgar, colloquial) To defecate.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:defecate
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:shit.
(transitive, vulgar, colloquial) To excrete (something) through the anus.
(transitive, vulgar, colloquial) To fool or try to fool someone; to be deceitful.
Synonyms: shit with; see also Thesaurus:deceive
Twelve hundred dollars!? Are you shitting me!?
(transitive, vulgar, colloquial, Australia) To annoy. [from 20th c.]
- 1983, Helen Garner, Yellow Notebook: Diaries Volume I, Text Publishing 2022, p. 70:
  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.

Derived terms

apeshit
as shit
batshit
bearshit
beat the shit out of
birdshit
bullshit
bullshitter
catshit
chickenshit
cockshit
cowshit
crock of shit
cuntshit
cut the bullshit
cut the shit
dipped in shit
dipshit
dipshittery
does a bear shit in the woods
does the Pope shit in the woods
dogshit
donkeyshit
don't shit where you eat
dumbshit
eat shit
flying shit
fuckshit
full of shit
get one’s shit together
give a flying shit
give a shit
give someone the shits
goat shit
good shit
happy as a pig in shit
have a shit
holy shit
horseshit
hot shit
in deep shit, deep shit
jack shit
kick the shit out of
know shit from Shinola
know’s the shit
like shit
load of shit
make shit of
no shit
no shit, Sherlock
pack shit
piece of shit
pigshit
pile of shit
ratshit
ripshit
rocking horse shit
sack of shit
s-bomb
sheepshit
shit a brick
shitass
shitawful
shitbag
shitbait
shitball
shitballs
shitbeast
shit beetle
shitbird
shit biscuit
shit bowl
shitbox
shitbrain
shit-brindle
shit-brown
shitbucket
shitbull
Shitcago
shit-can
shitcan
shitcoin
shitcom
shitcunt
shitdick
shit distributor
shit disturber
shitdom
shiteater
shit-eating grin
shit eye
shitface
shitfaced
shit factory
shitfest
shitfire
shit fit
shitflood
shit-for-brains
shit for brains
shitfuck
shitfucker
shitgame
shitgaze
shitgibbon
shitgoblin
shit happens
shithead
shitheap
shit heel
shithole
shithook
shit hot
shithouse
shit in one’s mouth
shit in someone's Cheerios
shitizen
shit just got real
shitkicker
shitland
Shitland Islands
Shitler
shitless
shitlet
shitlib
shitlicker
shitlike
shitling
shit list
shitload
shitlord
shitly
Shitmas
shitmobile
shitmonger
shitmunch
shitmuncher
shitneck
shitness
Shitney
Shitneysider
shitnigger
shitnugget
shitnuts
shit off
shit on
shit oneself
shit oneself
shit one’s pants
shit or get off the pot
shit or get off the pot
shit out of luck
shit packer
shitpicker
shitpile
shitpiss
shitpit
shitpost
shitposter
shitpot
shitpuddle
shits
shitsack
shit sandwich
shit show
shit soup
shit statin
shit stick
shit-stir
shit-stirrer
shitstorm
shitsucker
shit-sucking
shit-talk
shit talking
shittastic
shitter
shitter
shittery
shit test
shit the bed
shit ticket
shitting
shitton
shit ton
shitty
shituation
shit up
shitwad
shitwaffle
shitware
shitweasel
shitweed
shitwit
shitwork
shit yeah
shoot the shit
stick like shit
stick like shit to blanket
s-word
take a shit
talk shit
the shit
the shit out of
the shit out of
the shits
think one’s shit doesn't think
tough shit
unshit
up shit creek, shit creek
whaleshit
what the shit
wormshit

Related terms

beshit

Translations

to defecate — See also translations at defecate,‎ poo,‎ poop

Albanian: dhjes (sq)
Arabic: خَرِئَ‎ (ḵariʾa)
Armenian: քաքել (kʿakʿel)
Aromanian: cac
Azerbaijani: sıçmaq
Belarusian: сраць impf (sracʹ)
Bengali: হাগা (bn) (haga)
Bulgarian: сера́ impf (será)
Catalan: cagar (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 拉屎 (zh) (lāshǐ)
Cornish: kagha
Czech: srát (cs)
Dalmatian: cacuor
Danish: skide (da), lave lort
Dutch: schijten (nl)
Elfdalian: draita, kukka
Esperanto: feki (eo)
Estonian: sittuma
Faroese: skíta, kukka
Finnish: paskantaa (fi), paskoa (fi), kakata (fi)
French: chier (fr), caguer (fr) (South of France)
Galician: cagar (gl)
Georgian: ჯმა (ǯma), მოჯმა (moǯma), მოკუკვა (moḳuḳva), კუჭში გასვლა (ḳuč̣ši gasvla)
German: scheißen (de), kacken (de)
Greek: χέζω (el) (chézo)
Ancient: χέζω (khézō)
Greenlandic: anarpoq
Hindi: ख़ारिज करना (xārij karnā), हगना (hi) (hagnā)
Hungarian: szarik (hu)
Icelandic: kúka, skíta (vulgar)
Ido: fekifar (io)
Indonesian: beol (id) (slang)
Irish: cac (ga)
Italian: cacare (it), cagare (it)
Japanese: 大便をする (だいべんをする, daiben o suru), くそをする (kuso o suru)
Javanese: ngising (jv)
Khmer: ជុះអាច់ (cuhʼac)
Korean: 똥을 싸다 (ttong-eul ssada), 똥 싸다 (ttong ssada), 대변을 보다 (daebyeon-eul boda)
Latin: cacō (la)
Latvian: kakāt, dirst
Lithuanian: kakoti, šikti (lt)
Low German:
German Low German: schieten
Luxembourgish: schäissen
Macedonian: кака impf (kaka), сере impf (sere), оди по голема нужда impf (odi po golema nužda) (euphemism), врши голема нужда impf (vrši golema nužda) (euphemism)
Manchu: ᡥᠠᠮᡨ᠋ᠠᠮᠪᡳ
Mongolian: баах (mn) (baax)
Ngazidja Comorian: hunya
Northern Sami: baikit
Norwegian:
Norwegian Bokmål: skite, bæsje, drite (no)
Norwegian Nynorsk: skita, skite, bæsja, bæsje, drita, drite
Old English: sċītan
Persian: ریدن‎ (fa) (ridan)
Polish: srać (pl) impf
Portuguese: cagar (pt)
Quechua: akai, ismai
Romanian: căca (ro)
Romansch: chajar, far il cac
Russian: срать (ru) impf (sratʹ), посра́ть (ru) pf (posrátʹ), ка́кать (ru) impf (kákatʹ) (childish or less crude), пока́кать (ru) pf (pokákatʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: cac (gd)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: срати impf
Roman: srati (sh) impf
Slovak: srať impf
Slovene: srati (sl) impf
Sorbian:
Upper Sorbian: srać impf
Spanish: cagar (es)
Swedish: skita (sv), bajsa (sv)
Turkish: dışkılamak (tr), boşaltım yapmak, sıçmak (tr)
Ukrainian: сра́ти (uk) impf (sráty)
Urdu: هگنا‎ (hagnā)
Vietnamese: đi ỉa, đi tiêu (vi), ỉa (vi)
Volapük: jiedön (vo)
Walloon: tchire (wa), schiter (wa) (diarrhoea)
Welsh: cachu (cy)
West Frisian: skite
Yakut: саахтаа (saaxtaa)
Yiddish: קאַקן‎ (kakn)

vulgar: to excrete (something) through the anus

Armenian: քաքել (kʿakʿel)
Bengali: হাগা (bn) (haga)
Catalan: cagar (ca)
Czech: srát (cs)
Danish: skide ud
Dutch: schijten (nl)
Esperanto: elfeki
Finnish: paskantaa (fi)
Galician: cagar (gl)
Georgian: მოჯმა (moǯma)
German: scheißen (de)
Icelandic: kúka, skíta (vulgar)
Lithuanian: iššikti, šikti (lt)
Low German: schieten
Macedonian: сере (sere)
Persian: ریدن‎ (fa) (ridan)
Polish: srać (pl) impf, wysrać pf
Portuguese: cagar (pt)
Russian: высира́ть (ru) impf (vysirátʹ), вы́срать (ru) pf (výsratʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: cac (gd)
Slovene: srati (sl)
Spanish: cagar (es)
Swedish: skita ut, bajsa ut
Turkish: sıçmak (tr)
Walloon: schiter (wa) (with diarrheic feces), tchire (wa), ritchire

vulgar: to be stricken with fear

Catalan: cagar-se (ca)
Finnish: olla paska jäykkänä (to have stiff shit)
French: chier dans son froc (fr)
Galician: cagarse
Georgian: ჩაჯმა (čaǯma), ჩასვრა (časvra)
German: Schiss haben
Icelandic: (að (is)) skíta á (is) sig (is) ((to) shit one self)
Macedonian: ^{(please verify)} да се посере (da se posere)
Portuguese: cagar-se, borrar-se
Russian: опи́саться (ru) pf (opísatʹsja), наложи́ть по́лные штаны́ pf (naložítʹ pólnyje štaný), бздеть (ru) impf (bzdetʹ), забзде́ть (ru) pf (zabzdétʹ), засса́ть (ru) pf (zassátʹ), усса́ться (ru) pf (ussátʹsja), усра́ться (ru) pf (usrátʹsja)
Slovene: usrati se
Spanish: cagarse (es)
Swedish: skita (sv) på sig ((to) shit one self)
Turkish: sıçmak (tr), altına sıçmak
Walloon: awè l' schite

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Esperanto: ^{(please verify)} feko (eo), ^{(please verify)} merdo
Guaraní: (1) ^{(please verify)} poti
Interlingua: (1) ^{(please verify)} defecar
Romanian: (1) ^{(please verify)} căca (ro)

Interjection

shit

(vulgar) Expression of worry, failure, shock, etc., often at something seen for the first time or remembered immediately before using this term.
Synonyms: poo, poop, crap; see also Thesaurus:dammit
Shit! I think that I forgot to pack my sleeping bag last night!
Holy shit!
Oh, shit!
(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.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:shit.
(vulgar) Used for mere emphasis; heck, hey.
- 2017, Darrell Smith, Miracle Baby
  All my comrades were laughing and clowning me, but shit, that didn't stop me from talking more shit.

Derived terms

holy shit
shit yeah

Descendants

→ Dutch: shit
→ Swedish: shit

Translations

expression of worry, failure

Asturian: mierda!
Basque: kaka zaharra! (eu)
Betawi: sompret!
Breton: kaoc'h! (br)
Bulgarian: лайно! (lajno!)
Catalan: merda! (ca)
Czech: ^{(please verify)} kurva! (cs) , ^{(please verify)} do prdele! (cs)
Danish: lort! (da)
Dutch: kut! (nl)
Esperanto: fek! (eo)
Finnish: (voi) paska!
French: merde! (fr)
Galician: merda! (gl)
Georgian: ფუ შენი (pu šeni), ფუ ამისი (pu amisi)
German: Scheiße! (de)
Greek: σκατά! (el) (skatá!)
Hungarian: francba!
Icelandic: helvítis, fjandans, djöfulsins, andskotans (all vulgar)
Indonesian: kampret! (id), sialan! (id)
Interlingua: merda! (ia)
Italian: merda! (it), cazzo! (it)
Japanese: クソ (kuso), チェ (che)
Lithuanian: šūdas! (lt) m
Low German: Schiet! f
Malay: sial
Norwegian: faen! (no)
Polish: kurwa! (pl)
Romanian: căca-m-aş!, căcat! (ro)
Portuguese: merda! (pt), droga! (pt)
Russian: ебёна мать (jebjóna matʹ), ёб твою́ мать! (jób tvojú matʹ!), блядь! (ru) (bljadʹ!)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: срање!
Latin: sranje! (sh)
Slovak: do riti!
Slovene: drek! (sl), sranje! (sl)
Spanish: ¡mierda! (es), ¡carajo! (es), ¡puta! (es)
Swedish: skit! (sv) (not swearword), fan! (sv) (swearword), jävlar! (sv) (swearword)
Tagalog: tae! (tl), puta!, leche!
Tigrinya: መቀዘ! (mäḳäzä!)
Ukrainian: лайно! (uk) (lajno!)
Walloon: miere! (wa) (standard phonology of ethnic "mèrde" and "mièle"), flute! (wa) (euphemism), nodidju! (wa)
Yiddish: קורוואַ‎ (kurva)

to show surprise

Norwegian:
Bokmål: faen (no)
Spanish: joder (es), hostia (es)

Anagrams

HITs, Hist, This, Tish, hist, hist-, hist., hits, iths, sith, this, tish

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English shit. Doublet of schijt.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃɪt/
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: shit
Rhymes: -ɪt

Interjection

shit

shit, darn

Usage notes

Not considered vulgar, unlike in some English lects.

Noun

shit m (uncountable)

(slang) stuff
(slang) trouble

Related terms

scheet
schijt
schijten

French

Etymology

From English shit.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃit/
Audio (Paris) (file)

Noun

shit m (uncountable)

(slang) cannabis

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English shit.

Interjection

shit

shit, wow, oh, oh my God, said when surprised or shocked
Shit! Vad är det där?
Oh my God! What's that?
Synonyms: oj, herregud, jävlar, helvete

Derived terms

shit pommes frites

Anagrams

hist.