shit can
shit can is the alternative form of shitcan.
shit can is the alternative form of shit-can.
Meaning of shitcan
Noun
shitcan (plural shitcans)
- A receptacle for holding excrement, especially the removable can on a latrine.
- One shitcan won't flush, Coyt-san.2004, Richard Vaughn, Soldier Boys, page 19
- Synonyms:
- shit bowl, shitbucket, shitpot, shitter, can, chamber, chamber pot, chemical toilet, commode, Cousin John
- A garbage can or wastepaper basket.
- Everything down the shitcan.1986, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction - Volume 70, page 150
- Synonyms:
- bin, garbage can, garbage pail, trash bin, trash can, trashbin, trashcan, waste bin, wastebin
- A shoddy vehicle.
- Very good young man. Look for my car. The shitcan.2006, Mark Falkin, Days of Grace, page 133
- Synonyms:
- shitbox, shitbucket, piece of shit, banger, beater, bucket of bolts, bucket of rust, clunker, crate, crock
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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Forms of shit can
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | shit cans |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | shit cans |
| present participle | shit canning |
| past participle | shit canned |
| past | shit canned |
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