to take a shit
31
9.9
- phrasal verb
- Offensive
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- I need to take a shit.
- Go take a shit
- gotta take a shit
- watch me take a shit
This dog took a shit in in your house, in my house.
- This dog took a shit in in your house, in my house.
- There was a time where Charlie took a shit in his room.
- Speaking of taking a shit, stockpiling toilet roll.
- Yeah, I'm about to take a shit, dude.
- They, they, they, they, they, they take a shit without the door.
- I'm going to go take a shit.
- Like when I use TikTok, I'm usually either taking a shit or like waiting in line somewhere.
- That looks like you were taking a shit on the toilet.
- There's no better time to take a shit.
- I'm like, I'm in here and I'm sitting there taking a shit, bro.
- I'm saying to the people, the whole IRL stream it to them, Hey, taking a shit at Bill's Burger.
- You know when he's out and about this week, an Amazon contractor got caught taking a shit in someone's driveway.
Examples
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Your dog took a shit.
Fiction book (1995) -
Kind of like how every time I take a shit, it's always different.
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This dog took a shit in in your house, in my house.
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There was a time where Charlie took a shit in his room.
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I see my mom, I see my dad, I say hello and then I take a shit in the living room floor.
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No, I gotta take a shit.
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I was in your room, like, three weeks ago while you were taking a shit.
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Dude, I've got to take a shit.
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Angela, I took a shit once on a hike.
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When I feel the urge, I quickly say, 'I need to take a shit!'
Synonyms
278
1.0
To use the toilet in a polite or indirect way
180
8.9
To pass solid waste from the body
77
1.1
To go to the toilet to pee or poo
68
3.4
To pass solid waste out of the body
40
9.0
To pass solid waste from your body
26
9.9
To poop solid waste out of the body
19
7.0
To pass poo out of the body through the opening at the bottom
11
7.5
To pee or poo, usually in a toilet
9
9.9
To poop, said as a rude word
3
9.9
To go to the toilet to poop in informal speech
2
3.0
To pee or poo in a small toilet for children while learning toilet habits
1
9.9
To pass solid waste from your body
1
1.9
To go to a room with a toilet to pee or poo
1
8.0
To go to the toilet to pee or poo
1
9.9
To go to the toilet to poop in a rude way
1
9.9
To go to the toilet to poo
1
9.1
To pass waste from the bowels
To poop and get rid of solid waste from your body
To say you need to go to the toilet to poop as a joke
To pass poo from your body
Surface Forms
Morphology
take + a + shit
The meaning is directly derivable from the constituents: 'take' (to have/undergo) + 'a' + 'shit' (feces) yields the act of producing feces. Although vulgar in register, the construction follows common English 'take a X' patterns (take a shower/break), so a B1 learner who knows the words will readily infer 'to defecate'.
Etymology
Take a shit is a rude everyday phrase that gives a clear picture: you take, meaning 'go and do', a shit, meaning a crude word for 'poop', so it means 'to defecate'.