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to shit out

to shit out

1 9.9
Make something quickly without much care
  • phrasal verb
  • /ʃɪt aʊt/
  • Offensive
translation icon : hacer deprisa y corriendo

Examples

  • I hate the living shit out of that, but we do.

  • People probably bought the shit out of clown fish fish fish.

  • So yeah, Trump would have looted the shit out of this fund.

  • Yeah, I sugar coated the shit out of that stuff.

  • Every one of those people ridiculed the shit out of me for selling liquor on the computer.

  • I managed to shit out a quick report just before the deadline.

  • He tends to shit out ideas without putting much thought into them.

  • In a hurry, she shitted out a response that lacked detail.

Synonyms

to blurt out
vsto shit out
  • Informal
42 3.9

Say something suddenly without thinking

express quickly with low effort and little attention to quality
to spew out
vsto shit out
15 5.9

To force out large amounts of something like smoke or words

is not about large uncontrolled output but about low effort
to spit out
vsto shit out
  • Informal
15 4.4

To say words quickly and angrily to show dislike

is less forceful and lacks an angry tone
to bash out
vsto shit out
  • Informal
7.2

To make writing or music quickly without much care

is used more broadly for quick careless production of many kinds

Antonyms

to refine
93 4.0

Make something better by making a few small changes

How Careful

to craft
170 3.2
to produce
∞ 2.0
to dash off
3 5.1
to churn out
  • Informal
21 4.0
to shit out
  • Offensive
1 9.9

Surface Forms

shit out infinitive
shitting out present participle
shits out third person singular
shat out past
shat out past participle

Morphology

shit + out

The verb + particle composition links 'shit' (vulgar term for excrete or worthless material) with 'out' (movement outward), so there is a visible metaphorical relation to producing or ejecting something. However, the specific pragmatic sense 'produce quickly and carelessly' and the slangy, vulgar register are not fully predictable for a B1 learner from the literal meanings alone, so some prior exposure is needed.

Etymology

Shit out comes from the clear image of shit being pushed out quickly and without care. That picture explains why people use it today to mean 'to produce something quickly and carelessly'.