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shitless

shitless adjective: having an empty bowel; greatly frightened; see usage notes below.

Adjective

shitless (not comparable)

  1. (slang, vulgar) Having an empty bowel; greatly frightened; see usage notes below.
    • The movie The Ring scared me shitless as a child.

Origin of shitless

From shit + -less. Compare scare the shit out of.

Words formed from shitless

Questions about shitless

What does shitless mean?
Shitless means having an empty bowel; greatly frightened; see usage notes below.
What part of speech is shitless?
Shitless is an adjective.

Words near shitless in the dictionary

  1. shitkickers
  2. shitland
  3. Shitland Islands
  4. shitlands
  5. Shitler
  6. shitless
  7. shitlessly
  8. shitlet
  9. shitlets
  10. shitlib
  11. shitlibs

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