shitting
v.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.
The dog is shitting on the grass.
He was so sick that he spent the entire night shitting and vomiting in the bathroom.
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.
From shit + -ing. Compare Middle English schitinge, schytynge (“defecation”), whence modern English shiting.
From shit + -ing. Compare Middle English shityng, shytyng (“defecating”), whence modern English shiting.
The verb is intransitive in this sense; often used in the progressive tense to describe the immediate action.
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.