"shitcan" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-shitcan.ogg [Australia] Forms: shitcans [plural]
Etymology: 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 Synonyms (receptacle for excrement): shit bowl
    Sense id: en-shitcan-en-noun-0ejV6Lni Disambiguation of 'receptacle for excrement': 84 14 2
  2. (vulgar) A garbage can or wastepaper basket. Tags: vulgar Synonyms (waste container): waste bin
    Sense id: en-shitcan-en-noun-h7QeEbsz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 85 2 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 7 87 1 5 Disambiguation of 'waste container': 22 78 0
  3. (vulgar) A shoddy vehicle. Tags: vulgar Synonyms (shoddy vehicle): shitbox, piece of shit, lemon
    Sense id: en-shitcan-en-noun-pw4u37My Disambiguation of 'shoddy vehicle': 1 1 98
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Military Synonyms: shitpot, shitter, can, chamber pot
Disambiguation of Military: 0 0 0 0

Verb

Audio: En-au-shitcan.ogg [Australia] Forms: shitcans [present, singular, third-person], shitcanning [participle, present], shitcanned [participle, past], shitcanned [past]
Etymology: 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-7BhDHA3C
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (topical): Military
Disambiguation of Military: 0 0 0 0

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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