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verb
To soil with excrement; to defecate on (something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: literally, transitive, vulgar
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Synonyms: befoul, shit on
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To soil; to spoil; to defile; to befoul.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, transitive, vulgar
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Synonyms: bedirty, foul, gunk, assoil, beclart, bedaub, imbrue (especially with blood), bedizen, befile, befilth, befoul, begrime, beray, beshit, besmear, besmirch, besully, bewray, blacken, blot, blur, clat, contaminate, darken, defile, dirten, dirty, elt, file, foil, gunk up, inquinate, scunge, sling mud, slotter, slur, smear, smirch, smudge, smut, smutch, soil, soss, sowl, spot, stain, sullow, sully, tarnish, uggle
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English bishiten, bischiten, from Old English besċītan (“to befoul”). By surface analysis, be- + shit.
