shits
n. uncountable C2 Proficiency US //ˈʃɪts// UK //ʃˈɪts// shits
n. a very informal and rude way to talk about having diarrhea. It is often used in the phrase 'the shits' to describe being sick in your stomach.
n. an episode of diarrhea. Vulgar in register; almost exclusively used with the definite article as 'the shits'.
He stayed home because he had the shits.
I think that old seafood gave me the shits because I've been in the bathroom all morning.
The traveler warned us that drinking the local tap water would almost certainly result in a bad case of the shits before the week was out.
From -s.
shi+ts
Usage
Usually takes the definite article 'the' and functions as a collective plural noun for the condition.