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shit-canned

shit-canned is the simple past and past participle of shit-can.

Meaning of shit-can

Verb

shit-can (third-person singular simple present shit-cans, present participle shit-canning, simple past and past participle shit-canned)

  1. (slang, vulgar) To dispose of in a shitcan (trash can); to throw out.
    • I figured that was your communiss trash. I shit-canned it.2003, Joel Turnipseed, Baghdad Express: A Gulf War Memoir, page 176
    Synonyms:
    fire, terminate
  2. (slang, vulgar) To dismiss or expel from work or elsewhere.
    • And I am me and you're not going to shit-can me without me fighting back.1979, Evelyn Shapiro, Barry Shapiro, The Women Say, the Men Say
    Synonyms:
    can
  3. (slang, vulgar) To get rid of or cancel.
    • I'm probably going to shit-can the program, 'cause I don't think it's worth the money.1994, Tom Clancy, Three Complete Novels, page 681
  4. (slang, vulgar) To severely injure or destroy; to trash.
    • Spencer, if you're going to shit-can your career in special ops, that's fine with me. But you'd damned well better be honest about the reasons you're doing it.2001, Martin Harry Greenberg, First to Fight II, page 8

Questions about shit-canned

What is shit-canned the simple past and past participle of?
Shit-canned is the simple past and past participle of shit-can.

Words near shit-canned in the dictionary

  1. shit-bowls
  2. shit-brindle
  3. shit-brown
  4. shit-browns
  5. shit-can
  6. shit-canned
  7. shit-canning
  8. shit-cans
  9. shit-carter
  10. shit-carters
  11. shit-disturber

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