ratshit
/ˈɹæt.ʃɪt/
ratshit noun: the excrement of a rat.
Noun
ratshit (uncountable)
- The excrement of a rat.
- “Do you think they have ratshit in them?” Wynkyn asked. “Swan says most hamburgers have ratshit in them.”1978, Larry McMurtry, Somebody′s Darling, published 2002, page 228
- ‘Terry stop it! R—′s on, remember. If we get busted we′re ratshit. We′ll never see each other again.’1984, Gabrielle Carey, Just Us, page 106
- Nonsense, bullshit.
- He also said that most of the kids at school were full of ratshit and that only one or two sheilas made the place any better than buggery.1987, Janette Turner Hospital, After Long Absence: Dislocations, page 205
- Do you see, Mr Bryant, why your old dream of getting to where you could really do something at last is going to be proved to be so much ratshit? Do you see why self-determination that isn′t really real is so much ratshit?1995, Irene Moores, Arthur Murray, Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Watch Committee, Voices of Aboriginal Australia: Past, Present, Future, page 49
Adjective
ratshit (comparative more ratshit, superlative most ratshit)
- Of very poor quality, badly substandard, useless; damaged or broken; unwell, exhausted.
- In the morning I was ratshit, just a bundle of nerves.1987, Stuart Rintoul, Ashes of Vietnam: Australian Voices, page 94
- For a moment Cashin thought that he would be sick, that he would spew over Hopgood.
‘You′re looking ratshit,’ said Hopgood. ‘Even more ratshit.’2005, Peter Temple, The Broken Shore, page 162
Examples of ratshit in a sentence
- He slammed the choke in again. ‘No, don′t you stall, you ratshit plane!’1987, Stephen King, The Tommyknockers, unnumbered page:
- You have your turn, eat, get drunk, screw; and fifty years from now none of it′ll matter a ratshit.”1992, James P. Hogan, The Multiplex Man, published 2011, page 46:
- So they pulled the furniture away from the wall and found a pile of little dried ratshit pellets behind the dresser.1995, Anne Cameron., Wedding Cakes, Rats and Rodeo Queens, page 61:
- Kerin, one of the most pro-development Ministers, told his colleagues: ‘The EIS is ratshit and the guidelines are laughable’.2006, William J. Lines, Patriots: Defending Australia′s Natural Heritage, page 257:
Forms of ratshit
| comparative | more ratshit |
|---|---|
| superlative | most ratshit |
Origin of ratshit
From rat + shit.
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Questions about ratshit
- What does ratshit mean?
- Ratshit means the excrement of a rat.
- How do you use ratshit in a sentence?
- He slammed the choke in again. ‘No, don′t you stall, you ratshit plane!’
- What part of speech is ratshit?
- Ratshit can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce ratshit?
- Ratshit is pronounced /ˈɹæt.ʃɪt/.
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