shite
Americaninterjection
noun
verb (used without object)
past and past participle
shited,present participle
shitingadjective
Other Word Forms
Example Sentences
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In addition to his biting humor on social media, he’s a fantastic writer who keeps a blog and always finds the right words to describe his play—even if it’s shite as the Brits say.
From Golf Digest • Jun. 26, 2019
The limit of mine is that in a parallel universe Scotland win World Cups and Pele was a shite footballer.
From The Guardian • Jul. 13, 2013
Bridges is working-class, Glaswegian, wholly at ease with himself, and tonight mines a rich seam of Scottish disdain for self-indulgence and "talkin' shite".
From The Guardian • Sep. 30, 2012
Celebrated by the Molineux faithful with the charming couplet: "He used to be shite, now he's all right."
From The Guardian • Aug. 9, 2010
“My brother runs some clubs in London. I could get you a night. Prolly a shite time slot to start, but it’s something.”
From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray
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