Standard Lemma guide

shitting

adj · noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈʃɪtɪŋ/
  • rhymes with -ɪtɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: SH IH1 T IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

An intensifier, often applying more to the whole utterance than to the specific word it modifies; same as fucking.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, vulgar

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The act of defecating.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable, vulgar

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

present participle and gerund of shit

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the elimination of fecal waste through the anus

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: defecation, laxation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: elimination, evacuation, excretion, excreting, voiding

Narrower terms: bowel movement, movement, bm, hematochezia, haematochezia, shit, dump, urochesia, urochezia

History

Etymology

From shit + -ing. Compare Middle English shityng, shytyng (“defecating”), whence modern English shiting.

From shit + -ing. Compare Middle English schitinge, schytynge (“defecation”), whence modern English shiting.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: zasraný — as an intensifier
  • Finnish: perkeleen — as an intensifier
  • French: putain de — as an intensifier
  • German: Scheiß- — as an intensifier
  • Norwegian: jævla — as an intensifier
  • Polish: zasrany — as an intensifier
  • Polish: cholerny — as an intensifier
  • Romanian: căcat de — as an intensifier
  • Russian: сра́ный (srányj) — as an intensifier
  • Swedish: jävla — as an intensifier
  • Romanian: căcare — act of defecating