shitload

English

Alternative forms

• shit load, shit-load

Etymology

shit +‎ load

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

  (file)

Noun

shitload (plural shitloads)

1. (vulgar, slang) A large amount.
   • 1974 February 7, Andrew Bergman, directed by Mel Brooks, Blazing Saddles, spoken by Taggart (Slim Pickens):

     Anybody got a dime? [...] Somebody's gotta go back and get a shitload o' dimes!

   • 1980, Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale, Used Cars:

     Roy Fuchs' Assistant: I just heard there's a shitload of used cars coming this way.

Synonyms

• (an unspecific but large amount): see Thesaurus:lot

Derived terms

• metric shitload

Translations

vulgar slang: a large amount

• Czech: tři prdele (cs) pl
• Dutch: hele hoop
• French: chiée (fr) f, (euphemism) palanquée (fr) f
• Latvian: pilna dirsa, pilna pakaļa
• Polish: pierdyliard (pl) m, w chuj (pl), w pizdu (pl), pierdylion m
• Romanian: căcălău
• Russian: (vulgar) до хуя́ (ru) (do xujá), (vulgar) до хера́ (do xerá)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman: pun kurac

• Spanish: chingo (es) m, fangote (es) m
• Welsh: cachlwyth m