"shitting" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈʃɪtɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɪtɪŋ Etymology: From shit + -ing. Compare Middle English shityng, shytyng (“defecating”), whence modern English shiting. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|shit|-ing|id2=participial}} shit + -ing, {{cog|enm|shityng}} Middle English shityng, {{m|enm|shytyng|t=defecating}} shytyng (“defecating”), {{cog|en|shiting}} English shiting Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} shitting (not comparable)
  1. (vulgar) An intensifier, often applying more to the whole utterance than to the specific word it modifies; same as fucking. Tags: not-comparable, vulgar Translations (as an intensifier): zasraný (Czech), perkeleen (Finnish), putain de (French), Scheiß- (German), jævla (Norwegian), zasrany [masculine] (Polish), cholerny [masculine] (Polish), căcat de (Romanian), сра́ный (srányj) (Russian), jävla (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-shitting-en-adj-R8GeXoMI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /ˈʃɪtɪŋ/ Forms: shittings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪtɪŋ Etymology: From shit + -ing. Compare Middle English schitinge, schytynge (“defecation”), whence modern English shiting. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|shit|-ing|id2=gerund noun}} shit + -ing, {{cog|enm|schitinge}} Middle English schitinge, {{m|enm|schytynge|t=defecation}} schytynge (“defecation”), {{cog|en|shiting}} English shiting Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} shitting (countable and uncountable, plural shittings)
  1. (vulgar) The act of defecating. Tags: countable, uncountable, vulgar Derived forms: shitting match, shitting planks, whole shitting match Translations (act of defecating): căcare (Romanian)
    Sense id: en-shitting-en-noun-JfpXkvVJ Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -ing (gerund noun)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˈʃɪtɪŋ/
Rhymes: -ɪtɪŋ Etymology: From shit + -ing. Compare Middle English shityng, shytyng (“defecating”), whence modern English shiting. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|shit|-ing|id2=participial}} shit + -ing, {{cog|enm|shityng}} Middle English shityng, {{m|enm|shytyng|t=defecating}} shytyng (“defecating”), {{cog|en|shiting}} English shiting Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} shitting
  1. present participle and gerund of shit Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: shit
    Sense id: en-shitting-en-verb-v-UMDxgr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing (participial) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 26 56 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 19 25 56 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing (participial): 19 18 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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