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shit-canning

shit-canning is the present participle and gerund 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-canning

What is shit-canning the present participle and gerund of?
Shit-canning is the present participle and gerund of shit-can.

Words near shit-canning in the dictionary

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

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