"jack shit" meaning in English

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Pronoun

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  1. (vulgar) Nothing, (lack of) anything (i.e. lack of anything of value). Tags: vulgar Synonyms: jackshit, Jack shit, Jack squat, Jack all, Jack and shit Related terms: nothing Translations ((vulgar) nothing, anything): курец (kurec) (Bulgarian), 一點(也不) (Chinese Mandarin), 一点(也不) (alt: yīdiǎn (yě bù)) (Chinese Mandarin), 个屁 (ge pì) (Chinese Mandarin), hovno (Czech), paskaakaan (Finnish), que dalle (French), einen Scheiß (German), einen Scheißdreck (German), lószart (Hungarian), un cazzo (Italian), ni cholery (Polish), ni chuja [vulgar] (Polish), chuj [vulgar] (Polish), gówno [neuter] (Polish), un căcat (Romanian), o pulă (Romanian), ни хрена́ (ni xrená) (Russian), ни фига́ (ni figá) (Russian), ни шиша́ (ni šišá) (Russian), ни хуя́ (ni xujá) [vulgar] (Russian), ни хера́ (ni xerá) [vulgar] (Russian), una mierda [feminine] (Spanish), ett skit [neuter] (Swedish), ett [...] skit [neuter] (Swedish), ett [...] dyft [neuter] (Swedish), ett [...] dugg [neuter] (Swedish), ett [...] jota [colloquial, neuter] (Swedish), … can be replaced with jävla (note: more common spelling) (Swedish), djävla (Swedish), jäkla (note: more common spelling) (Swedish), djäkla (Swedish), jädra or fucking to create a swear word [slang] (Swedish)

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