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shitting

/ˈʃɪtɪŋ/

shitting noun: the act of defecating. Also the present participle and gerund of shit.

Noun

shitting (countable and uncountable, plural shittings)

  1. (vulgar) The act of defecating.

Adjective

shitting (not comparable)

  1. (vulgar) An intensifier, often applying more to the whole utterance than to the specific word it modifies; same as fucking.

Also used as

shitting is also the present participle and gerund of shit.

shitting meaning in Marathi

shitting in Marathi

शिटिंग

Forms of shitting

pluralshittings

Origin of shitting

From shit + -ing. Compare Middle English schitinge, schytynge (“defecation”), whence modern English shiting.

From shit + -ing. Compare Middle English shityng, shytyng (“defecating”), whence modern English shiting.

Words formed from shitting

Phrases with shitting

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Words that rhyme with shitting

Questions about shitting

What does shitting mean?
Shitting means the act of defecating.
What is shitting in Marathi?
Shitting in Marathi is शिटिंग. See Shitting meaning in Marathi.
What part of speech is shitting?
Shitting can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce shitting?
Shitting is pronounced /ˈʃɪtɪŋ/.
What is the plural of shitting?
The plural of shitting is shittings.

Words near shitting in the dictionary

  1. shittily
  2. shittim
  3. shittimwood
  4. shittin'
  5. shittiness
  6. shitting
  7. shitting a brick
  8. shitting bricks
  9. shitting in someone's Cheerios
  10. shitting it in
  11. shitting match

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shitting (page history and authors); shitting (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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