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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-shitcan.ogg [Australia] Forms: shitcans [plural]
Etymology: From shit + can, originally military slang. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|shit|can}} shit + can Head templates: {{en-noun}} shitcan (plural shitcans)
  1. (vulgar) A receptacle for holding excrement, especially the removable can on a latrine. Tags: vulgar
    Sense id: en-shitcan-en-noun-en:receptacle_for_excrement Categories (other): Military Disambiguation of Military: 100 0 0 0 Synonyms: shit bowl, shitbucket, shitpot, shitter, can, can [obsolete], chamber, chamber pot, chemical toilet, commode, Cousin John [obsolete], crapper, gazunder [UK, dated], guzunder [UK, dated], honey bucket [obsolete, slang], honeypot [obsolete, slang], Jerry [UK, dated], jerry [UK, dated], john [US, slang], johnny [US, dated, slang], jordan, latrine, mingo [obsolete], necessary stool [obsolete], pan [obsolete], pee pot [childish], pisspot, piss pot, po [Australia, UK, dated], pot, potty [childish], potty-chair [childish], shitbucket, shitcan, shitpot, slop bucket, stool, stool of easement [obsolete], throne, thunder mug, toilet [obsolete], urinal [obsolete]
  2. (vulgar) A garbage can or wastepaper basket. Tags: vulgar Synonyms: bin, garbage can, garbage pail, trash bin, trash can, trashbin, trashcan, waste bin, wastebin
    Sense id: en-shitcan-en-noun-en:waste_container
  3. (vulgar) A shoddy vehicle. Tags: vulgar
    Sense id: en-shitcan-en-noun-en:shoddy_vehicle Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 21 48 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 24 41 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 27 24 45 5 Synonyms: shitbox, shitbucket, piece of shit, banger [UK], beater, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust, clunker, crate, crock [UK], flivver [Canada, US, dated], gas guzzler, hooptie, jalopy [US, dated], junker [Canada, US], lemon, old banger [UK], rattletrap, rustbucket, shed [UK], shitbox [vulgar], shitpot [vulgar], shitcan [vulgar], shitbucket [vulgar], tin Lizzie, wreck

Verb [English]

Audio: En-au-shitcan.ogg [Australia] Forms: shitcans [present, singular, third-person], shitcanning [participle, present], shitcanned [participle, past], shitcanned [past]
Etymology: From shit + can, originally military slang. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|shit|can}} shit + can Head templates: {{en-verb|++}} shitcan (third-person singular simple present shitcans, present participle shitcanning, simple past and past participle shitcanned)
  1. (vulgar slang, transitive) Alternative form of shit-can. Tags: alt-of, alternative, slang, transitive, vulgar Alternative form of: shit-can
    Sense id: en-shitcan-en-verb-vS6tdn9V

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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