eat shit

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Etymology 1

Verb

eat shit (third-person singular simple present eats shit, present participle eating shit, simple past ate shit, past participle eaten shit)

  1. (slang, vulgar, of a person) To fall and land on one's face.
    Synonym: faceplant
    • 2009, Laura Thornhill, The Skateboarder's Journal - Lives on Board:
      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.
  2. (slang, vulgar, of an object) To experience a catastrophic breakdown.
  3. (slang, vulgar, humorous, of a person) To do something disgusting or strongly undesirable.
  4. (slang, vulgar) To be soundly defeated.
    When he started insulting people's mothers, the bouncer made him eat shit.
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see eat,‎ shit.

Interjection

eat shit!

  1. (idiomatic, vulgar) An expression of discontent or aggravation to another party.
    "I fucked your sister!" "Eat shit!"
Translations

Etymology 2

Calque of Spanish comer mierda (to waste time) in the context of Cuban Spanish

Verb

eat shit (third-person singular simple present eats shit, present participle eating shit, simple past ate shit, past participle eaten shit)

  1. (US, slang, vulgar, Florida) To do nothing of importance; to idle.

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