Meaning

2 senses

  1. (colloquial, idiomatic, vulgar)To defecate.

    Is Rachel still taking a shit? We gotta go now.

  2. (UK, colloquial, idiomatic, vulgar)To fail or malfunction.

    I had to use the stairs because the lift took a shit this morning.

More definitions
  • have a bowel movement

Examples

33 sentences

  1. He likes to smoke while taking a shit.

    Він любить палити на унітазі. — deniko

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  2. I can't take this shit anymore.

    ruНе могу больше это выносить. — corvard

    deIch halte diesen Scheiß nicht mehr aus. — Zaghawa

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  3. I have to take a massive shit.

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  4. I just took a record-breaking shit.

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  5. Sorry, I really need to take a shit.

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Forms

takes a shit, taking a shit, took a shit, taken a shit
Base formtake a shit · to take a shit
3rd person singulartakes a shit
Present participletaking a shit
Past simpletook a shit
Past participletaken a shit

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytake a shit
he, she, ittakes a shit

Past simpleLesson

all personstook a shit

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave taken a shit
he, she, ithas taken a shit

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill take a shit

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tainttajtakeA1takeawayB1takeoffB1takeout

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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