"shithouse" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈʃɪtˌhaʊs/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-shithouse.ogg
Etymology: From shit + house. Compare Middle Low German schîthûs, German Scheißhaus, Swedish skithus, Icelandic skíthús. Etymology templates: {{com|en|shit|house}} shit + house, {{cog|gml|schîthûs}} Middle Low German schîthûs, {{cog|de|Scheißhaus}} German Scheißhaus, {{cog|sv|skithus}} Swedish skithus, {{cog|is|skíthús}} Icelandic skíthús Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} shithouse (not comparable)
  1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, vulgar, slang) Of poor quality. Tags: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, not-comparable, slang, vulgar Synonyms: shitty [US]
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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈʃɪtˌhaʊs/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-shithouse.ogg Forms: shithouses [plural]
Etymology: From shit + house. Compare Middle Low German schîthûs, German Scheißhaus, Swedish skithus, Icelandic skíthús. Etymology templates: {{com|en|shit|house}} shit + house, {{cog|gml|schîthûs}} Middle Low German schîthûs, {{cog|de|Scheißhaus}} German Scheißhaus, {{cog|sv|skithus}} Swedish skithus, {{cog|is|skíthús}} Icelandic skíthús Head templates: {{en-noun}} shithouse (plural shithouses)
  1. (slang, vulgar) An outhouse, an outbuilding used as a lavatory. Tags: slang, vulgar Synonyms: craphouse, shitter, shouse [Australia], boghouse [UK], bathroom Translations ((vulgar) outhouse, lavatory): schijthuis [neuter] (Dutch), schijthuisje [neuter] (Dutch), secreet (Dutch), plee [masculine] (Dutch), schijtkot [neuter] (Dutch), fekejo (Esperanto), paskahuussi (Finnish), chiotte [feminine, masculine] (French), Scheißhaus [neuter] (German), Plumpsklo [neuter] (German), sracz [masculine] (Polish), cagatório [masculine] (Portuguese), пара́ша (paráša) [feminine] (Russian), сра́льная (srálʹnaja) [feminine] (Russian), сорти́р (sortír) [masculine] (Russian), tchiyote [feminine] (Walloon), cachdy [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-shithouse-en-noun-schsscg- Categories (other): Toilet (room) Disambiguation of Toilet (room): 0 79 0 0 21 Disambiguation of '(vulgar) outhouse, lavatory': 66 15 19
  2. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, vulgar, derogatory, slang) A coward; one who is overly fearful or timid. Tags: Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, slang, vulgar Synonyms: coward
    Sense id: en-shithouse-en-noun-R82Cd3s5 Categories (other): British English, Commonwealth English, Irish English, People Disambiguation of People: 0 0 96 0 4
  3. (slang, vulgar) A filthy place. Tags: slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-shithouse-en-noun-WZJRkKC6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: bang like a shithouse door, brick shithouse, built like a brick shithouse, crazier than a shithouse rat, crazy as a shithouse rat, shouse, s'house

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈʃɪtˌhaʊs/ [General-American] Audio: en-au-shithouse.ogg Forms: shithouses [present, singular, third-person], shithousing [participle, present], shithoused [participle, past], shithoused [past]
Etymology: From shit + house. Compare Middle Low German schîthûs, German Scheißhaus, Swedish skithus, Icelandic skíthús. Etymology templates: {{com|en|shit|house}} shit + house, {{cog|gml|schîthûs}} Middle Low German schîthûs, {{cog|de|Scheißhaus}} German Scheißhaus, {{cog|sv|skithus}} Swedish skithus, {{cog|is|skíthús}} Icelandic skíthús Head templates: {{en-verb}} shithouse (third-person singular simple present shithouses, present participle shithousing, simple past and past participle shithoused)
  1. (UK, Ireland, sports, slang) To engage in persistent unsporting behaviour or gamesmanship; to play in a cynical, ugly manner; to cheat without being punished. Tags: Ireland, UK, slang Derived forms: shithousery
    Sense id: en-shithouse-en-verb-1B1LVjAD Categories (other): British English, Irish English, Sports, Rooms Disambiguation of Rooms: 15 26 9 16 33 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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  "word": "shithouse"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-01 using wiktextract (887c61b and 3d4dee6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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