Meanings
eat shit1
present singular third person eats shit · participle present eating shit · past ate shit · participle past eaten shit
- slangvulgarTo fall and land on one's face.
The sidewalk was icy, so I ate shit after leaving my house.
1 more example
Finally, for my 13th birthday, I got a skateboard — a Black Knight with those cool black urethane wheels. I cut my teeth on that board — and ate shit on it many, many times.
2009, Laura Thornhill, The Skateboarder's Journal - Lives on BoardSynonyms: faceplant
- slangvulgarTo experience a catastrophic breakdown.
- humorousslangvulgarTo do something disgusting or strongly undesirable.
- slangvulgarTo be soundly defeated.
When he started insulting people's mothers, the bouncer made him eat shit.
- idiomaticvulgarAn expression of discontent or aggravation to another party.
Eat shit! I’m not giving you any more money!
Synonyms: fuck you, go fuck yourself
eat shit2
present singular third person eats shit · participle present eating shit · past ate shit · participle past eaten shit
- FloridaUSslangvulgarTo do nothing of importance; to idle.
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo fall and land on one's face.
interjectionAn expression of discontent or aggravation to another party.
Origin
- Spanishcomer mierda“to waste time”
- Englisheat shit
Calque of Spanish comer mierda (“to waste time”) in the context of Cuban Spanish
More words from Spanish
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic كُلْ خِرَاء, كُلِي خِرَاء
- كُلْ خِرَاء (kul ḵirāʔ)expression of discontent or aggravation
- كُلِي خِرَاء (kulī ḵirāʔ)expression of discontent or aggravation
Bulgarian яж лайна, ядѐш лайна
- яж лайна (jaž lajna)expression of discontent or aggravation
- ядѐш лайна (jadèš lajna)expression of discontent or aggravation
Dutch krijg de tyfus
- krijg de tyfusexpression of discontent or aggravation
Finnish haista paska
- haista paskaexpression of discontent or aggravation
French va chier, mange de la marde
- va chierexpression of discontent or aggravation
- mange de la mardeexpression of discontent or aggravation
German scheiß auf dich
- scheiß auf dichexpression of discontent or aggravation
Hindi टट्टी खा
- टट्टी खा (ṭaṭṭī khā)expression of discontent or aggravation
Hungarian egye meg a szart, zabáld a szart
- egye meg a szartexpression of discontent or aggravation
- zabáld a szartexpression of discontent or aggravation
Italian vai a cagare
- vai a cagareexpression of discontent or aggravation
Japanese くそくらえ
- くそくらえ (kusokurae)expression of discontent or aggravation
Polish pieprz się
- pieprz sięexpression of discontent or aggravation
Portuguese vai à merda
- vai à merdaexpression of discontent or aggravation
Romanian înghite căcat, du-te în căcat
- înghite căcatexpression of discontent or aggravation
- du-te în căcatexpression of discontent or aggravation
Russian иди в жопу
- иди в жопу (idi v žopu)expression of discontent or aggravation
Spanish sacarse la mierda, guayarse
- sacarse la mierdaTranslations
- guayarseTranslations
- guallarseTranslations
- desmadrarseTranslations
- vete a la mierdaexpression of discontent or aggravation
Swedish dra åt helvete, skit ner dig
- dra åt helveteexpression of discontent or aggravation
- skit ner digexpression of discontent or aggravation
Tamil பீயை தின்
- பீயை தின் (pīyai tiṉ)expression of discontent or aggravation
Cite this entry
eat shit. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eat%20shit
“eat shit.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/eat%20shit. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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