shitter

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UK/ˈʃɪt.ə/US/ˈʃɪt.ɚ/US[ˈʃɪɾ.ɚ]UK/ˈʃɪ.tə/

noun

One who defecates.

“Hold on, I gotta use the shitter.”

UncommonScrabble 10

Meanings

shitter1

nounshitter (plural shitters)

plural shitters

  1. colloquialvulgarOne who defecates.

    Either I'm a fast killer, he thought, or that boy's a slow shitter.

    2003, Jack Priest, Ragged Man, page 116

    Synonyms: defecator

  2. slangvulgarA toilet or lavatory; an outhouse.

    Hold on, I gotta use the shitter.

    1 more example

    But if she had murdered two children, I'd gladly see her spend her final years on earth in a cell with an iron-hard bed and an overflowing shitter in the corner.

    2016, Anne Emery, Lament for Bonnie

    Synonyms: can, crapper, pisser, shithouse, big white telephone, bog, can, commode

  3. UKslangvulgarThe anus.

    Dave commented on the statue that had grabbed the pair's attention when they'd arrived, saying how quaint it looked, then capped off his comment with, “D'you reckon that receptionist takes it up the shitter?”

    2006, Dominic Lavin, Last Seen in Bangkok, page 159

    Synonyms: a-hole, anus, arsehole, arse, asscunt, asshole, asspussy, ass

  4. derogatoryoffensiveslangvulgarA contemptible person or thing.

    Blood, guts, and hair were soon spread on the floor, and the dog was cut to pieces. Nat was muttering, “There, that'll teach you, you shitter,” as he sat down and looked at the bloodied remains of the animal.

    2010, D. W. Chisholm, The Italian School Teacher, page 35
    1 more example

    "I got diagnosed with cancer at the start of the year which was a massive s—ter. It made me massively reflect on our mortality," she [Cherry Seaborn] confessed before adding, "it made me think, 'Oh if I died, what's people's perception of me? What do you leave behind?'"

    2022 August 5, Gretty Garcia, “Everything We Know About Cherry Seaborn aka Ed Sheeran's Ultra-Cool Wife”, in Cosmopolitan

    Synonyms: assbag, assbreath, assbucket, asschunk, asscunt, assface, assfag, assfaggot

  5. especiallyslangvideo gamesSomeone lacking skill, especially in a video game.

    Synonyms: alcatote, auf, botcher, bumbler, bungler, blunderer, blunderhead, butterfingers · Antonyms: adept, ace, artist, buff, crackerjack, crack hand, dab, dab hand

shitter2

adjective
  1. comparativecomparative form of shit: more shit; shittier

    Even shitter!

    a. 2005, Simon Raven, quoted in Simon Raven and Chris Raven, Living the Linger, Samosir Books Limited (2005), page 170
    2 more examples

    Text sex is even shitter.

    c. 2003, James Skelly, quoted in Doug Levy, “Artist Spotlight: The Coral”, in CMJ New Music Report, ISSN 0890-0795, Volume 74, Number 797 (2003 January 20), page 21

    Our university may have been shit on University Challenge, and even shitter at any kind of sport, but for a good political bit of head kicking we were unbeatable.

    2005, Steve Morris, Pod and the Sexy Dream Club, Troubador Publishing Ltd, →ISBN, page 49

Shitter3

nounShitter (plural Shitters)

plural Shitters

  1. USderogatoryslanggovernmentThe Sikorsky CH-53 Sea Stallion and its variants.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounOne who defecates.

Similar

nounA toilet or lavatory; an outhouse.

More synonyms by meaning

nouna person who defecates

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

shitter · noun

Agent noun formed from shit + -er. The sense referring to a toilet formed from shit + -er (patient suffix).

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Shitter · noun

In reference to its tendency to leak oil, primarily hydraulic fluid.

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Translations

Afrikaans kakhuis
  • kakhuiscoarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
Bulgarian кенеф
  • кенеф (kenef)coarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
Danish lokum, skidehus
  • lokumcoarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
  • skidehuscoarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
Dutch schijter, schijterd
  • schijterone who defecates
  • schijterdone who defecates
Finnish paskantaja, paskiainen
  • paskantajaone who defecates
  • paskiainenobjectionable person or thing
  • paskahuusicoarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
French chiottes, cagoinces
  • chiottescoarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
  • cagoincescoarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
  • goguenotscoarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
  • tartissescoarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
  • bécossescoarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
German Scheißer, Scheißerin
  • Scheißerobjectionable person or thing
  • Scheißerinobjectionable person or thing
Italian cacone, cesso
  • caconeone who defecates
  • cessocoarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
  • cacatoiocoarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
  • latrinacoarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
  • defecatoriocoarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
Latin cacātor
  • cacātorone who defecates
Portuguese cagatório, privada
  • cagatóriocoarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
  • privadacoarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
  • vasocoarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
Russian серу́н, сруль
  • серу́н (serún)one who defecates
  • сруль (srulʹ)one who defecates
  • засе́ря (zasérja)one who defecates
  • засра́нец (zasránec)one who defecates
  • засра́нка (zasránka)one who defecates
  • пара́ша (paráša)coarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
  • сра́льная (srálʹnaja)coarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
  • сорти́р (sortír)coarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
  • сра́льня (srálʹnja)coarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
  • сра́льник (srálʹnik)coarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
Spanish mierdero, cagadero
  • mierderoone who defecates
  • cagaderocoarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
Swedish skithus, dass
  • skithuscoarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
  • dasscoarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
  • muggencoarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
Ukrainian пара́ша, сра́льня
  • пара́ша (paráša)coarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
  • сра́льня (srálʹnja)coarse slang for toilet — see also toilet
  • сра́льник (srálʹnyk)coarse slang for toilet — see also toilet

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