shit, shite, v.

1. intr. To void excrement.

2. trans. To void as excrement. lit. and fig.

3. a. To defile with excrement. Esp. in phr. to shit oneself:  (a) to defile oneself with excrement; (b) fig., to be afraid.

b. In slang phrases to shit (someone): to tease or attempt to deceive; to shit a brick: (see quot. 1961); also as int.

4. Comb.: shit-abed, (a) a term of abuse; (b) dial. a name for the dandelion (E.D.D.); shit-breech, an epithet of abuse applied to a person, also attrib.; hence shit-breeched adj.; shit-fire, a contemptuous epithet applied to a hot-tempered person; shite-rags, -sticks (see quot. 1659); shit-sack, an opprobrious name applied to nonconformists (see shick-shack).

Hence shitting, shiting vbl. n. (also attrib.) and ppl. a.; shitter, shiter, (a) one who, or that which, shits; (b) a privy; a lavatory pan.

Note from KBJ: I posted this because I got to wondering today how to inflect the verb “to shit.” “Swim,” for example, is inflected swim/swam/swum, i.e., I swim, I swam, I have swum. “Dive” is inflected dive/dived/dived. Is it shit/shat/shot? How about shit/shitted/shitted? It’s no use looking in a dictionary. We’re on our own for this one.