shite

Noun

shite (usually uncountable, plural shites)

1. (Ireland, UK, usually, vulgar) Shit; trash; rubbish; nonsense.
   • That’s a load of shite.
   • Look at all this shite.
2. (Ireland, UK, countable, derogatory, uncommon, usually) A foolish or deceitful person.
   • He's a useless shite.
   • Pull yourself together. It’s not like he’s going to break in and rape you, is it? He’s just a nasty wee shite, as they say hereabouts, a misogynistic pick-up artist who’s too cheap to use a tissue.2011 July 5, Charles Stross, “Dorothy: Breakdown”, in Rule 34, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 272

Adjective

shite (comparative shiter or more shite, superlative shitest or most shite)

1. (Ireland, UK, vulgar) Bad; awful; shit.
   • That was a shite film.
   • In the end, you find yourself […] thinking about what the Gnome said about home brew. Shite beer, he’d said, unless you add a cofactor.2011 July 5, Charles Stross, “Anwar: Diplomat”, in Rule 34, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, pages 91–92

Interjection

1. (Ireland, UK, vulgar) An expression of annoyance or dismay.
   • Shite! I left my wallet at home.
   • Shite. It’s three o’fucking clock in the afternoon!2011 July 5, Charles Stross, “Toymaker: The Leith Police Dismisseth Us”, in Rule 34, New York, N.Y.: Ace Books, →ISBN, page 33

Verb

shite (third-person singular simple present shites, present participle shiting, simple past shited or shit or shat, past participle shited or shit or shat or shitten)

1. (Ireland, Scotland, UK, vulgar) To defecate.
   • […] it still softened my heart to see a man hurt so badly he sobbed and shited on himself.2004, Robert Morgan, Brave enemies, page 38
   • He would probably have a head full of locks. Who has time to be pretty when people are hurting? Crying. Shiting on themselves trying to beat heroin.2007, Talonie Starr, Growth Manifesto, page 173

   Synonyms:

   defecate