shit up
shit up verb: to mess up; to ruin.
Verb
shit up (third-person singular simple present shits up, present participle shitting up, simple past and past participle shit up or shitted up or shat up)
- To mess up; to ruin.
- They just go on shitting up the world and feel no responsibility for their character or anything they do.1991, Bessie Head, Randolph Vigne, A gesture of belonging: letters from Bessie Head, 1965-1979, page 91
- To cover or smear with excrement.
- To entice the screw into the best position to be shitted up the trick was to ask them to open a door on the landing. Keith was in his cell, conned the screw to the top of the stairs and whooshhhhhh!!!2006, Vic Dark, For the Love of the Gun, page 117
- Her roommate Eerie had a panic attack while using the bathroom and shitted up their entire cell/living area screaming "Nina is trying to kill me with voodoo devil worshiping shit" until she was removed and sent to some upstate nut house joint immediately.2013, Kenny Attaway, Juici Couture & the Suga-Hill Gang, page 45
Forms of shit up
| third-person singular present | shits up |
|---|---|
| present participle | shitting up |
| past participle | shit up |
| past | shit up |
| past participle | shitted up |
| past | shitted up |
| past participle | shat up |
| past | shat up |
Questions about shit up
- What does shit up mean?
- Shit up means to mess up; to ruin.
- What part of speech is shit up?
- Shit up is a verb.
- What is the past tense of shit up?
- The past tense of shit up is shit up.
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