shit out

verb

"shit-out" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“shit out” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
8
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To produce by shitting (i.e. defecating).

Corpus desk

Index EN-shit-out · shit out · English

shit out · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "S" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for shit out
PropertyValue
Headwordshit out
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “shit out” in English

shit outranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

shit out is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

shit out doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is shit out, spelled S-H-I-T- -O-U-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    To produce by shitting (i.e. defecating).
  2. 2
    To produce (something of very inferior quality).
  3. 3
    To give birth.
  4. 4
    To stop functioning, usually suddenly and catastrophically.
  5. 5
    To flee in a cowardly manner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how shit out appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Oh look, Zumbetel shat out another smartphone. Expect about two hours of battery life, at best.
  2. On my way into work, my car shit out on me.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "shit out"?
"shit out" is spelled S-H-I-T- -O-U-T.
What does "shit out" mean?
As a verb, "shit out" means: To produce by shitting (i.e. defecating).
What language does "shit out" come from?
"shit out" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list