shoot\ the\ shit

shoot\ the\ shit
1. (shoot the shit) (5970↑, 1326↓)
To chat idly about things that neither person involved in the conversation will be likely to remember.

John: "We decided to shoot the shit for a while." Jeff: "Oh yeah? What'd you talk about?" John: "I don't remember."

2. (shoot the shit) (224↑, 165↓)
To talk idley about nothing in particular

"Come on over and shoot the shit"

3. (Shoot the Shit) (222↑, 175↓)
To just hang out and bull shit about random stuff.

Paul:Hey man you wanna go to the mall Mike:Nah man, let's just go skate and shoot the shit.

4. (shoot the shit) (70↑, 24↓)
To pass leisure time idly conversing. Etymology: Possibly originates from WWI when soldiers in trenches would use bucket latrines and then shoot at them for target practice during downtime.

Wife: What do you guys do when you're fishing all day? Guy: You know... Stuff. Wife: No I don't know, that's why I asked. Guy: Just shoot the shit, nothing important.

Author: Sick Ducker (I shoot ducks) http://shoot-the-shit.urbanup.com/4411565
5. (shoot the shit) (47↑, 22↓)
- Phrase. To engage in a useless activity, usually conversation without any emotional or instructorial value.

Philosophers can shoot the shit better than anybody.

6. (Shoot the Shit) (249↑, 225↓)
Discussions centered around useless shit, especially when the agenda is to do nothing, or keep yourself from doing something you should be doing. shortened: "Shoot it."

"What are you guys up to?" "Shooting the shit." "Hey are you interested in a little shit shooting?" "Let's shoot it."

7. (shoot the shit) (24↑, 63↓)
Something rednecks do when they are hunting. They drive around in a pick-up truck until they find a spot on the road where another hunter took a shit. They know it's human because there's toilet paper on it. They shoot at the shit to watch pieces fly into the air, then go back to drinking.

What are we gonna do if we don't see any animals, shoot the shit?

8. (shoot the shit) (29↑, 184↓)
Inject heroin in your veins and go down the spiral.

Layne liked to shoot the shit; he liked it too much.

9. (Shoot the Shit) (10↑, 223↓)
Shoot The Shit means to consume spirits, such as whiskey/vodka etc. with another person.

Rob and I went to shoot the shit with some guy at the bar.

Author: Rob the magical mushroom. http://shoot-the-shit.urbanup.com/759431
Related: talk, hang out, blabber, bullshit, feces, shit
Last updated: 2012.03.01

Urban English dictionary. 2013.

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