Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

take a shit

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.34 in modern English

Syllables: take a shit
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Colloquial

verb

To fail or malfunction.

British usage; Colloquial

Example Sentences

"Is Rachel still taking a shit? We gotta go now."
"I had to use the stairs because the lift took a shit this morning."
"But shortly after economy took a shit the construction company he worked for went out of business."

Usage

Colloquial
British usage

Inflected Forms

takes a shit (present, singular) taking a shit (participle, present) took a shit (past) taken a shit (participle, past)

Synonyms

take a dump boo-boo cack choke a darkie crap defecate do one's ease ease oneself do a number two do one's easement drite drop a bomb

Questions

What does take a shit mean?: To defecate.

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