Meaning & use
dog shit
A vulgar term for feces produced by a dog; also used informally as an adjective meaning very poor quality.
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She stepped in dog shit on the sidewalk and had to clean her shoe before going inside.
Fans complained loudly that the team's performance this season had been dog shit.
A note on using this word
This word is vulgar slang; the adjective use, meaning 'terrible', is common in casual speech but inappropriate in formal writing.
Words with a similar meaning
excrementfeces
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