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Hitless vs Shitless - What's the difference?

hitless | shitless |

As adjectives the difference between hitless and shitless

is that hitless is (baseball) a batter who has failed to make any base hits over a period of time, usually one game while shitless is (vulgar) having an empty bowel; greatly frightened; (see usage notes below).

hitless

English

Adjective

(-)
  • (baseball) A batter who has failed to make any base hits over a period of time, usually one game
    • Jones is hitless in the last four games.
  • (baseball) A team that has no hits over a period of time, usually part of one game
    • The team is hitless since the third inning.

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    shitless

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (vulgar) Having an empty bowel; greatly frightened; (see usage notes below).
  • :He was scared shitless .

    • Usage notes

    * This term is primarily found in the verb phrase . It may be considered a more evocative variant of certain uses of (witless) and (speechless).

    See also

    * spitless (euphemism) * witless