ship's husband
The agent on land who represents the owners and attends to the repairs, provisioning and other necessaries and expenses of the ship.
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ship-shape
Proper, in good order; sometimes the phrase is varied to "SHIP-SHAPE and Bristol fashion."—Sea. The latter portion of the expression went out with Bristol’s fame as a seaport.
ships of the line
Men-of-war large enough to have a place in a line of battle. The ship of the desert. The camel.
shire horse
The old breed of large, heavily built English cart-horse, originally raised m the Midland shires. The term is applied to any draught horse of a certain character which can show a registered pedigree. The sire and dam, with a minute description of the horse itself, its age, marks and so on, must be shown in order to prove the claim of a "shire horse.
shirt and tie
Formal office attire for men
shirts as party emblems
The custom of wearing coloured shirts as a political gesture originated in the Garibaldi Italian campaign of 1848-49.
shirty
Ill-tempered, or cross. When one person makes another in an ill-humour he is said to have "got his SHIRT out."
shit a brick
to be extremely surprised or shocked
shit box
Synonym of television.
shit in someone's cereal
to ruin someone's plans or day
shit in someone's Cheerios
to spoil or ruin someone's plans or pleasure
shit in someone's cornflakes
to spoil or ruin someone's plans or pleasure
shit off
Synonym of fuck off.
shit on toast
Something very unpleasant or of poor quality
shit one's pants
to be extremely frightened or intimidated
shit or get off the can
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
shit or get off the pot
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
Shit or get off the pot. ( W., 1975)
Stop hesitating and take action or leave
shit out of luck
completely out of good fortune or options
shit sandwich
An unpleasant or difficult situation that must be accepted
shit stain
A person who is considered disgusting or undesirable
shit the bed
To completely fail or make a mess of something
shit-eating grin
A smug or self-satisfied smile
shitaly
Italy.
shitfaced
Very drunk.
shitkicker
A workboot.
shitrael
Israel.
shitter
A toilet or lavatory; an outhouse.
shitting match
a petty or worthless competition
shitty
Very bad; unpleasant; miserable; insignificant.
shiver me timbers
An expression of surprise or shock
Shivering Mountain
Mam Tor, a hill on the Peak of Derbyshire; so called from the waste of its mass by "shivering" — that is, breaking away in "shivers' ' or small pieces. This has been going on for ages, as the hill consists of alter- nate layers of shale and gritstone.
shizzit
Shit.
shizzle
Shit.
shmekl
a penis
shmexy
Sexy.
shock and awe
Overwhelming power or spectacle that inspires shock and amazement
shock to the system
A sudden and significant change or event
shockhead
A head of long, unkempt, and rough hair.
shod all round
A parson who attends a funeral is said to be shod all round, when he receives a hat-band, gloves, and scarf: many shoeings being only partial.
shoddy
Old cloth worked up into new; made from soldiers’ and policemen’s coats. The old cloth is pulled to pieces, the yarn unravelled and carded over again. This produces shoddy, which is very short in the fibre, and from it are produced, on again twisting and weaving, cloth fabrics used for ladies’ mantles, &c. Also, a term of derision applied to workmen in woollen factories.—Yorkshire.
shoddy characters
Persons of tarnished reputation, like cloth made of shoddy or refuse wool.
shoe
To free or initiate a person,—a practice common in most trades to a new-comer. The SHOEING consists in paying for beer, or other liquor, which is drunk by the older hands. The cans emptied, and the bill paid, the stranger is considered properly SHOD. SHOEING is a variation of "paying one’s footing."
shoe leather!
A thief’s warning cry when he hears footsteps. This exclamation is used in the spirit which animated the friend who, when he suspected treachery towards Bruce at King Edward’s court, in 1306, sent him a purse and a pair of spurs, as a sign that he should use them in making his escape.
shoemaker's stocks
New, or strait shoes. I was in the shoemaker's stocks; i.e. had on a new pair of shoes that were too small for me.
shoes
"to die in one’s SHOES," to be hanged. In the old hanging days a highwayman would often kick off his shoes when the rope was round his neck, so as—oh, vain and impotent attempt!—to defeat the prophecy that had foreshadowed his present position.
shoes, children’s, to make
To suffer oneself to be made sport of, or depreciated. Commonly used in Norfolk.—Cf. Mrs. Behn’s comedy, The Roundheads.
shoful
A Hansom cab. This favourite carriage was the invention of a Mr. Hansom, afterwards connected with the Builder newspaper. It has been asserted that the term SHOFUL was derived from "shovel," the earliest slang term applied to Hansoms by other cab-drivers, who conceived their shape to be after the fashion of a scoop or shovel. A logical friend of the present Editor’s argues thus:—SHOFUL, full of show, ergo, beautiful—handsome—Hansom.
shoful pullet
A "gay" or unsteady woman, especially a young woman.
shoful-pitcher
A passer of bad money. SHOFUL-PITCHING, passing bad money. "Snide-pitcher" and "Snide-pitching" are terms exchangeable with the preceding.
sholl
To bonnet one, or crush a person’s hat over his eyes.—North.
shool
To saunter idly, to become a vagabond, to beg rather than work.—Smollett’s Roderick Random, vol. i., p. 262.
shoot 'em up
A film or game with intense action and violence
shoot down
to reject or refute an idea or proposal
shoot first and ask questions later
Recognized English idiom; full definition pending editorial review.
shoot from the lip
Speak without thinking or considering consequences
shoot holes
to criticize or discredit something
shoot off
to talk excessively or recklessly
shoot off at the mouth
To talk excessively or thoughtlessly
shoot one's bolt
To use up all one's resources or efforts at once
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