shit oneself

verb

To soil oneself.

“My AC completely shit itself as soon as the heat wave started”

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fill one's pantssoil oneselfsoil one's pantspoop one's pantsbe petrifiedbe terrifiedwet oneselfpiss oneself
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Meanings

verbshit oneself (third-person singular simple present shits oneself, present participle shitting oneself, simple past and past participle shit oneself or shitted oneself or shat oneself)

present singular third person shits oneself · participle present shitting oneself · participle past shitted oneself · past shitted oneself · participle past shat oneself · past shat oneself

  1. literallyslangvulgarTo soil oneself.
  2. figurativelyslangvulgarTo be very frightened or astonished (to the extent that one might lose control of one's bowels).

    Synonyms: fill one's pants, soil oneself, soil one's pants, poop one's pants, fill one's pants, be petrified, be terrified, wet oneself

  3. figurativelyslangvulgarTo stop working, break.

    My AC completely shit itself as soon as the heat wave started

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo be very frightened or astonished (to the extent that one might lose control of one's bowels).

Similar
fill one's pantssoil oneselfsoil one's pantspoop one's pantsfill one's pantsbe petrifiedbe terrifiedwet oneselfpiss oneselfshit one's pantsshit bricks

literal sense

Similar
crap one's pants
Also see
piss oneselfshit one's pantssoil oneself

Translations

French chier dans son froc
  • chier dans son frocvulgar slang: be very scared
German anscheißen, einscheißen
  • anscheißenvulgar slang: be very scared
  • einscheißenvulgar slang: be very scared
  • vollscheißenvulgar slang: be very scared
  • sich die Hosen vollscheißenvulgar slang: be very scared
Greek χέζομαι
  • χέζομαι (chézomai)vulgar slang: be very scared
Italian farsela addosso dalla paura
  • farsela addosso dalla pauravulgar slang: be very scared
Polish obsrać się, posrać się
  • obsrać sięvulgar slang: be very scared
  • posrać sięvulgar slang: be very scared
Russian обосра́ться, усра́ться
  • обосра́ться (obosrátʹsja)vulgar slang: be very scared
  • усра́ться (usrátʹsja)vulgar slang: be very scared
Spanish cagarse, acojonarse
  • cagarsevulgar slang: be very scared
  • acojonarsevulgar slang: be very scared
Swedish skita på sig
  • skita på sigvulgar slang: be very scared
Turkish altına sıçmak
  • altına sıçmakvulgar slang: be very scared
Urdu پاد گرم ہونا, گانڈ پھٹنا
  • پاد گرم ہونا (pād garm honā)vulgar slang: be very scared
  • گانڈ پھٹنا (gāṇḍ phaṭnā)vulgar slang: be very scared
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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