noun
- Obscene terms for feces.
- Obscene words for unacceptable behavior.
- usage: "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull"
- A small worthless amount.
- usage: "you don't know jack"
- synonyms: jack, doodly-squat, diddly-squat, diddlysquat, diddly-shit, diddlyshit, diddly, diddley, squat
- A coarse term for defecation.
- usage: "he took a shit"
- synonyms: dump
- Insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous.
- synonyms: asshole, bastard, cocksucker, dickhead, mother fucker, motherfucker, prick, whoreson, son of a bitch, SOB
- Something of little value.
- usage: "his promise is not worth a damn"; "not worth one red cent"; "not worth shucks"
- synonyms: damn, darn, hoot, red cent, shucks, tinker's damn, tinker's dam
verb
- Give away information about somebody.
- usage: "He told on his classmate who had cheated on the exam"
- Have a bowel movement.
- usage: "The dog had made in the flower beds"
- synonyms: stool, defecate, take a shit, take a crap, ca-ca, crap, make
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