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gives a shite

gives a shite is the third-person singular simple present indicative of give a shite.

Meaning of give a shite

Verb

give a shite (third-person singular simple present gives a shite, present participle giving a shite, simple past gave a shite, past participle given a shite)

  1. (Ireland, UK, slang, vulgar, very uncommon) To care; mind; consider important.
    • I'd carry a sandwichboard only the girl in the office told me they're full up for the next three weeks, man. God, you've to book ahead, man, you'd think it was for the Carl Rosa. I don't give a shite anyway so long as I get a job, even as a crossing sweeper.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 16: Eumaeus]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC, part III [Nostos], page 574

Questions about gives a shite

What is gives a shite the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gives a shite is the third-person singular simple present indicative of give a shite.

Words near gives a shite in the dictionary

  1. gives a rat's arse
  2. gives a rat's ass
  3. gives a rats
  4. gives a rip
  5. gives a shit
  6. gives a shite
  7. gives a sneck posset
  8. gives a tin shit
  9. gives about
  10. gives against
  11. gives an inch

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