shite

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Scrabble points
8
Words With Friends
7
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ʃaɪt/

Definition of shite

5 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (Ireland, UK, uncountable, usually, vulgar)Shit; trash; rubbish; nonsense.
    “That’s a load of shite.”
    “Look at all this shite.”
    ““I had a visit from one of Colonel Datka’s people this afternoon. I don’t think it’s a coincidence.” / “Shite.” The brass-necked gears are turning behind his eyes. “What makes you say that?” […] “Coincidences happen.””
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noun

  1. (Ireland, UK, uncountable, usually, vulgar)Shit; trash; rubbish; nonsense.
    “That’s a load of shite.”
    “Look at all this shite.”
    ““I had a visit from one of Colonel Datka’s people this afternoon. I don’t think it’s a coincidence.” / “Shite.” The brass-necked gears are turning behind his eyes. “What makes you say that?” […] “Coincidences happen.””
  2. (Ireland, UK, countable, derogatory, uncommon, usually, vulgar)A foolish or deceitful person.
    “He's a useless shite.”
    “Pull yourself together. It’s not like he’s going to break in and rape you, is it? He’s just a nasty wee shite, as they say hereabouts, a misogynistic pick-up artist who’s too cheap to use a tissue.”

adj

  1. (Ireland, UK, vulgar)Bad; awful; shit.
    “That was a shite film.”
    “In the end, you find yourself […] thinking about what the Gnome said about home brew. Shite beer, he’d said, unless you add a cofactor.”

intj

  1. (Ireland, UK, vulgar)An expression of annoyance or dismay.
    “Shite! I left my wallet at home.”
    “Shite. It’s three o’fucking clock in the afternoon!”

verb

  1. (Ireland, Scotland, UK, vulgar)To defecate.
    “[…] it still softened my heart to see a man hurt so badly he sobbed and shited on himself.”
    “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.”
    “I have eaten a dishful of curds, And I have shitten your mouth full of turds.”

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Etymology

From the Middle English shite, schite, scīte (“excrement”), cognate with Middle Low German schīte, Middle High German schīze, Dutch schijt. Compare Middle English shitel, scitel, scytel (“dung, excrement”), from Old English sċitel. More at shit. Doublet of scheisse.

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