"take a shit" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-take a shit.ogg Forms: takes a shit [present, singular, third-person], taking a shit [participle, present], took a shit [past], taken a shit [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> a shit}} take a shit (third-person singular simple present takes a shit, present participle taking a shit, simple past took a shit, past participle taken a shit)
  1. (idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial) To defecate. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic, vulgar
    Sense id: en-take_a_shit-en-verb-U4VrBKOp Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English predicates, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Bodily functions, Feces Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 66 28 6 Disambiguation of English predicates: 42 40 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 79 13 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 83 11 6 Disambiguation of Bodily functions: 87 8 5 Disambiguation of Feces: 100 0 0 Synonyms: boo-boo [childish], cack, choke a darkie [offensive, rare, slang], crap [slang, vulgar], defecate [formal], do one's ease [obsolete, slang], ease oneself [euphemistic], do a number two [childish, euphemistic, usually], do one's easement [obsolete, slang], drite [dialectal, obsolete], drop a bomb [slang], drop a chalupa [rare, slang], drop a deuce [slang], drop anchor [rare, slang], drop the kids off at the pool [rare, slang], dung, exrementize [archaic], feceate, have a shit [vulgar], move one's bowels, pinch a loaf [slang], pinch one off [slang], poo [childish], pooh [childish], poop [childish], sharn, shart, shiss, shit [vulgar], shite [vulgar], stool, take a dump [slang], take a shit [vulgar], take a crap [slang, vulgar], take the Browns to the Super Bowl [US, rare, slang], uncoil [slang, uncommon], void one's bowels [formal]
  2. (idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial, UK) To fail or malfunction. Tags: UK, colloquial, idiomatic, vulgar Synonyms: crap out
    Sense id: en-take_a_shit-en-verb-EQpNbigw Categories (other): British English, English predicates Disambiguation of English predicates: 42 40 18
  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take, a, shit.
    Sense id: en-take_a_shit-en-verb-26CzRl1M Categories (other): English predicates Disambiguation of English predicates: 42 40 18

Inflected forms

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          "source": "Thesaurus:defecate",
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