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shits up

shits up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shit up.

Meaning of shit up

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)

  1. (slang, transitive, vulgar) 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
  2. (slang, transitive, vulgar) 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

Questions about shits up

What is shits up the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shits up is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shit up.

Words near shits up in the dictionary

  1. shits on
  2. shits one's pants
  3. shits oneself
  4. shits out
  5. shits the bed
  6. shits up
  7. shits upon
  8. shits with
  9. shits-and-giggles
  10. shits-and-grins
  11. shitsack

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