take a shit

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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Verb

take a shit (third-person singular simple present takes a shit, present participle taking a shit, simple past took a shit, past participle taken a shit)

1. (idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial) To defecate.

   Is she still taking a shit? We gotta go now.

2. (idiomatic, vulgar, colloquial, UK) To fail or malfunction.

   I had to use the stairs because the lift took a shit this morning.

3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see take,‎ a,‎ shit.

   Take a shit and a pair of tweezers from the front desk and sit back down at your dissection microscopes.

Synonyms

• (to shit): See Thesaurus:defecate
• (to fail): crap out

Anagrams

• Takeshita, aktashite