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shite

shite

See also: Shiite

English

Noun

shite (plural shites)

  1. (Britain, Ireland, vulgar) ****, trash, rubbish.
  2. (Britain, Ireland, pejorative) A foolish or deceitful person.
    He's a useless shite.
Derived terms

Adjective

shite (comparative more shite, superlative most shite)

  1. (Britain, Ireland, vulgar) Bad, awful, ****.
    The film was shite.

Interjection

shite

  1. (Britain, Ireland, vulgar) An expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, or frustration.
    Shite, I left my wallet at home.

Etymology 2

From Middle English schiten, from Old English scītan (to defecate, ****), from Proto-Germanic *skītaną (to defecate), from Proto-Indo-European *sḱeyd-, *skeyt- (to vomit, retch, ****, literally to shed). Cognate with Dutch schijten (to ****), German scheissen (to ****), Swedish skita (to ****), Irish sceith, sgeith (act of spewing, vomiting, shedding), Albanian shqit (to tear, separate).

Verb

shite (third-person singular simple present shites, present participle shiting, simple past and past participle shited or shat)

  1. (Britain, vulgar, chiefly Scotland, Ireland) To defecate.
    • 2004, Robert Morgan, Brave enemies (page 38)
      ...it still softened my heart to see a man hurt so badly he sobbed and shited on himself.
    • 2007, Talonie Starr, Growth Manifesto (page 173)
      He would probably have a head full of locks. Who has time to be pretty when people are hurting? Crying. Shiting on themselves trying to beat heroin.

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Japanese

Romanization

shite

  1. rōmaji reading of して