"beshit" meaning in English

See beshit in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: beshits [present, singular, third-person], beshitting [participle, present], beshit [participle, past], beshit [past], beshat [participle, past], beshat [past], beshite [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɪt Etymology: From Middle English bishiten, bischiten, from Old English besċītan (“to befoul”). By surface analysis, be- + shit. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|bishiten}} Middle English bishiten, {{inh|en|ang|besċītan|t=to befoul}} Old English besċītan (“to befoul”), {{surf|+pre|en|be|shit}} By surface analysis, be- + shit Head templates: {{en-verb|~s|~ting|~,beshat}} beshit (third-person singular simple present beshits, present participle beshitting, simple past and past participle beshit or beshat), {{tlb|en|transitive|vulgar}} (transitive, vulgar)
  1. (literally) To soil with excrement; to defecate on (something). Tags: literally, transitive, vulgar
    Sense id: en-beshit-en-verb-V7YLrB~I Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52
  2. (figuratively) To soil; to spoil; to defile; to befoul. Tags: figuratively, transitive, vulgar
    Sense id: en-beshit-en-verb-GuI4Fh~z Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with be-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with be-: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 48 52 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Coordinate_terms: bepiss

Inflected forms

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