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shitting

v.
C2 Proficiency US //ˈʃɪtɪŋ// UK //ʃˈɪtɪŋ// shit·ting Vulgar

v. to pass waste from your body through your bottom. This is a very rude and informal word for going to the toilet.

v. to expel faeces from the body. The present participle form of 'shit', describing the act of defecation.


SIMPLE

The dog is shitting on the grass.

CONTEXTUAL

He was so sick that he spent the entire night shitting and vomiting in the bathroom.

COMPLEX

The crude graffiti depicted a politician shitting on a map of the country, a blunt and vulgar metaphor for the perceived mismanagement of national resources.

Synonyms
Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Usage

The verb is intransitive in this sense; often used in the progressive tense to describe the immediate action.

Pitfall

He is shitting the floorHe is shitting on the floorIn its literal sense, the verb is intransitive and requires a preposition like 'on' to indicate the location.

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