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8 PHRASE To beat or kick the shit out of someone means to beat or kick them so violently that they are badly injured. [INFORMAL , RUDE , EMPHASIS ]

9 PHRASE If someone says that the shit hit the fan , they mean that there was suddenly a lot of trouble or angry arguments. [INFORMAL , RUDE ]

10 PHRASE If someone says that they do not give a shit about something, they mean that they do not care about it at all. [INFORMAL , RUDE , FEELINGS ]

shite /ʃa I t/ ADJ If someone describes something as shite , they do not like it or think that it is very poor quality. [BRIT , INFORMAL , RUDE , DISAPPROVAL ]

shit|less /ʃ I tləs/ ADV [adj ADV ] If someone says that they are scared shitless or bored shitless , they are emphasizing that they are extremely scared or bored. [INFORMAL , RUDE , EMPHASIS ]

shit|ty /ʃ I ti/ (shittier , shittiest ) ADJ If someone describes something as shitty , they do not like it or think that it is of poor quality. [INFORMAL , RUDE , DISAPPROVAL ]

shiv|er /ʃ I və ^r / (shivers , shivering , shivered ) VERB When you shiver , your body shakes slightly because you are cold or frightened. □ [V ] He shivered in the cold. □ [V + with ] I was sitting on the floor shivering with fear. ● N‑COUNT Shiver is also a noun. □  The emptiness here sent shivers down my spine.

shiv|ery /ʃ I vəri/ ADJ If you are shivery , you cannot stop shivering because you feel cold, frightened, or ill. □  She felt shivery and a little sick.

shoal /ʃoʊ l/ (shoals ) N‑COUNT A shoal of fish is a large group of them swimming together. □ [+ of ] Among them swam shoals of fish. □  …tuna shoals.

shock ◆◆◇ /ʃɒ k/ (shocks , shocking , shocked )

1 N‑COUNT If you have a shock , something suddenly happens which is unpleasant, upsetting, or very surprising. □  The extent of the violence came as a shock. □ [+ of ] He has never recovered from the shock of your brother's death.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Shock is a person's emotional and physical condition when something very frightening or upsetting has happened to them. □  She's still in a state of shock.

3 N‑UNCOUNT [oft in N ] If someone is in shock , they are suffering from a serious physical condition in which their blood is not flowing round their body properly, for example because they have had a bad injury. □  They escaped the blaze but were rushed to hospital suffering from shock.

4 VERB If something shocks you, it makes you feel very upset, because it involves death or suffering and because you had not expected it. □ [V n] After forty years in the police force nothing much shocks me. ●  shocked ADJ □  This was a nasty attack and the woman is still very shocked.

5 VERB If someone or something shocks you, it upsets or offends you because you think it is rude or morally wrong. □ [V n] You can't shock me. □ [be V -ed] They were easily shocked in those days. □ [V ] We were always trying to be creative and to shock. ●  shocked ADJ □  Don't look so shocked.

6 ADJ [ADJ n] A shock announcement or event is one which shocks people because it is unexpected. [JOURNALISM ] □  …the shock announcement that she is to resign. □  …a shock defeat.

7 N‑VAR A shock is the force of something suddenly hitting or pulling something else. □  Steel barriers can bend and absorb the shock.

8 N‑COUNT A shock is the same as an electric shock .

9 N‑COUNT A shock of hair is a very thick mass of hair on a person's head. [WRITTEN ] □ [+ of ] …a very old priest with a shock of white hair.

10 → see also shocking , culture shock , electric shock , shell shock COLLOCATIONS shock NOUN 1

adjective + shock : complete, nasty, sudden, terrible

verb + shock : spring; receive, suffer