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shitter

UK/ˈʃɪt.ə/US/ˈʃɪt.ɚ/

shitter noun: one who defecates. Also the comparative form of shit.

Noun (1)

shitter (plural shitters)

  1. (colloquial, vulgar) One who defecates.
    • Either I'm a fast killer, he thought, or that boy's a slow shitter.2003, Jack Priest, Ragged Man, page 116
    Synonyms:
    defecator
  2. (slang, vulgar) A toilet or lavatory; an outhouse.
    • Hold on, I gotta use the shitter.
    • But if she had murdered two children, I'd gladly see her spend her final years on earth in a cell with an iron-hard bed and an overflowing shitter in the corner.2016, Anne Emery, Lament for Bonnie
  3. (UK, slang, vulgar) The anus.
    • Dave commented on the statue that had grabbed the pair's attention when they'd arrived, saying how quaint it looked, then capped off his comment with, “D'you reckon that receptionist takes it up the shitter?”2006, Dominic Lavin, Last Seen in Bangkok, page 159
  4. (derogatory, offensive, slang, vulgar) A contemptible person or thing.
    • Blood, guts, and hair were soon spread on the floor, and the dog was cut to pieces. Nat was muttering, “There, that'll teach you, you shitter,” as he sat down and looked at the bloodied remains of the animal.2010, D. W. Chisholm, The Italian School Teacher, page 35
    • "I got diagnosed with cancer at the start of the year which was a massive s—ter. It made me massively reflect on our mortality," she [Cherry Seaborn] confessed before adding, "it made me think, 'Oh if I died, what's people's perception of me? What do you leave behind?'"2022 August 5, Gretty Garcia, “Everything We Know About Cherry Seaborn aka Ed Sheeran's Ultra-Cool Wife”, in Cosmopolitan
  5. (especially, slang) Someone lacking skill, especially in a video game.

Noun (2) capitalized: Shitter

UK/ˈʃɪ.tə/US/ˈʃɪ.tɚ/

Shitter (plural Shitters)

  1. (US, derogatory, slang) The Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion and its variants.

Also used as

shitter is also the comparative form of shit.

Synonyms of shitter

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Antonyms

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Forms of shitter

pluralshitters
pluralShitters

Origin of shitter

Agent noun formed from shit + -er. The sense referring to a toilet formed from shit + -er (patient suffix).

In reference to its tendency to leak oil, primarily hydraulic fluid.

Words formed from shitter

Words that rhyme with shitter

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Questions about shitter

What does shitter mean?
Shitter means one who defecates.
What part of speech is shitter?
Shitter is a noun.
How do you pronounce shitter?
Shitter is pronounced /ˈʃɪt.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of shitter?
The plural of shitter is shitters.

Words near shitter in the dictionary

  1. shitted with
  2. shitten
  3. shittened
  4. shittening
  5. shittens
  6. shitter
  7. shitters
  8. Shitterton
  9. shittery
  10. shittest
  11. shittested

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