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n.1. excrement; feces.2. an act of defecating; evacuation.3. the shits. diarrhea.4. Slang. pretense, lies, exaggeration, or nonsense.5. Slang. something inferior or worthless.6. Slang. a selfish, mean, or otherwise contemptible person.7. Slang. narcotic drugs, esp. heroin or marijuana.8. Slang. possessions, equipment, mementos, etc.; stuff.9. give a shit, Slang. to care; be concerned.10. up shit creek, Slang. in a desperate or hopeless situation; in serious trouble. Also, up shits creek, up shit creek without a paddle.v.i.11. to defecate.v.t.12. Slang. to exaggerate or lie to.14. no shit, (used to express amazement, incredulity, or derision).[(v.) var. (with short i from ptp. or n.) of earlier shite, ME shiten, OE scitan; cf. MLG, MD schiten (D schijten), OHG skizan (G scheissen); (n.) re-formation from the v., or continuation of OE scite (in place names)]
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