give someone the shits (English, verb)
expansion: give someone the shits (third-person singular simple present gives someone the shits, present participle giving someone the shits, simple past gave someone the shits, past participle given someone the shits)
Senses:
glosses: To annoy or frustrate someone to a great degree.
tags: Australia
colloquial
vulgar
glosses: To creep someone out; to scare someone.
tags: vulgar
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: cause diarrhea.
Forms:
form: gives someone the shits
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: giving someone the shits
tags: participle
present
form: gave someone the shits
tags: past
form: given someone the shits
tags: participle
past