"pants-shittingly" meaning in English

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Adverb

Audio: En-au-pants-shittingly.ogg Forms: more pants-shittingly [comparative], most pants-shittingly [superlative]
Etymology: From the phrase shit one's pants. Head templates: {{en-adv}} pants-shittingly (comparative more pants-shittingly, superlative most pants-shittingly)
  1. (slang, vulgar) In a manner, or to a degree, capable of causing one to soil oneself in fear; terrifyingly. Tags: slang, vulgar Related terms: scared shitless, scare the shit out of, shit one's pants
    Sense id: en-pants-shittingly-en-adv-nWAaZ7on Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries
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          "ref": "2009, David Wong, John Dies at the End, Thomas Dunne Books, →ISBN, page 41:",
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          "ref": "2011, David Sirota, Back to Our Future: How the 1980s Explains the World We Live in Now -- Our Culture, Our Politics, Our Everything, Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 86:",
          "text": "These guys literally tear into the house lurching toward the children with their arms maniacally in front of them — a pants-shittingly scary Night of the Living Dead reprisal that was not only hysterically antigovernment in its portrayal, but really not appropriate for any kind of movie marketed to children.",
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          "ref": "2012, Danny Vittore, Back the F*ck Up!: Wild Animals That Don't Give a Sh*t!, Krause Publications, →ISBN, page 85:",
          "text": "As a person who is absolutely terrified of snakes, I think I am perfectly positioned to comment on how terrifying king cobras are. The answer is pants-shittingly.",
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        "(slang, vulgar) In a manner, or to a degree, capable of causing one to soil oneself in fear; terrifyingly."
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