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THE SHITS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does the shits mean? 

THE SHITS (noun)
  The noun THE SHITS has 1 sense:

1. obscene terms for diarrheaplay

  Familiarity information: THE SHITS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


THE SHITS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Obscene terms for diarrhea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

the shits; the trots

Hypernyms ("the shits" is a kind of...):

diarrhea; diarrhoea; looseness; looseness of the bowels (frequent and watery bowel movements; can be a symptom of infection or food poisoning or colitis or a gastrointestinal tumor)

Domain usage:

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))


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