the shit out of
the shit out of adverb: used as an intensifier between a verb and its object: thoroughly, with vigour, to an intense degree.
Adverb
the shit out of (not comparable)
- Used as an intensifier between a verb and its object: thoroughly, with vigour, to an intense degree.
- Not only was San Juan Joe somewhere out there — and it sure boiled the shit out of me to think of him — but there was something sad about the two of us.1978, Michael Blankfort, Take the A train, page 183
- And he says, ‘we'll call you back soon, real soon, so get your ducks in a row’ and that scares the shit out of the corporate muckity-mucks.1991, Winn Schwartau, Terminal Compromise
- Synonyms:
- the crap out of, the poop out of, seven bells out of, seven hells out of, the bejeebers out of, the bejesus out of, the daylight out of, the daylights out of, the devil out of, the dickens out of
Examples of the shit out of in a sentence
- "[…] They expected you to be a snob, but you came across as a modest guy and charmed the shit out of them."1996, Bruce Jay Friedman, A Father's Kisses, page 170:
- To tell you the truth, I think they would beat the shit out of us.1999, Reggie Miller with Gene Wojciechowski, I Love Being the Enemy, →ISBN, page 58:
- "[…] Besides, I'm pretty proficient with living the shit out of my life, thank you very much."2015, J.L. Berg, The Ready Series: The Boxed Set::
- The gardaí [police]^([sic]) should have free rein to beat the shit out of them.”2023 November 24, Rory Carroll, “‘Government is not listening’: anger over immigration spills into riot on Dublin’s streets”, in The...
Synonyms of the shit out of
- the crap out of
- the poop out of
- seven bells out of
- seven hells out of
- the bejeebers out of
- the bejesus out of
- the daylight out of
- the daylights out of
- the devil out of
- the dickens out of
18 more synonymsFewer synonyms
- the flying fuck out of
- the fuck out of
- the fuckola out of
- the heck out of
- the hell out of
- the life out of
- the living crap out of
- the living daylights out of
- the living shit out of
- the pantaloons off
- the pants off
- the pants off of
- the piss out of
- the snot out of
- the socks off
- the stuffing out of
- the stuffings out of
- the tar out of
Questions about the shit out of
- What does the shit out of mean?
- The shit out of means used as an intensifier between a verb and its object: thoroughly, with vigour, to an intense degree.
- How do you use the shit out of in a sentence?
- "[…] They expected you to be a snob, but you came across as a modest guy and charmed the shit out of them."
- What part of speech is the shit out of?
- The shit out of is an adverb.
Words near the shit out of in the dictionary
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