shitkicker

See also:shit kickerandshit-kicker

English

Alternative forms

• shit kicker,shit-kicker

Etymology

Fromshit+‎kicker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈʃɪtˌkɪkə(ɹ)/

• Audio(General Australian):

  (file)

Noun

shitkicker(pluralshitkickers)

1. (US,slang,vulgar,usually in theplural)Aworkboot.

   I saw a tomboy wearing a pair ofshitkickers.

   • 1971March 18, Timothy Crouse, “Don Eyles: Extra! Weird-Looking Freak Saves Apollo 14!”, inRolling Stone‎^[1]:

     A week after his feat, Don Eyles, wearing John Lennon glasses, a drooping mustache, long blond hair, black cords andshitkickers,walks down a long hall past phones labeled “Don’t Chatter Classified Matter” and red padlocked waste cans marked “Classified Waste Only” on his way to Draper’s million-dollar mockup of the Lunar Module.

2. (US,slang,vulgar,offensive)Apoor,ruralperson, especially from the southern United States.

   Synonym:redneck

3. (US,slang,vulgar)Something unusuallyunpleasantordifficult.

   I have ashitkickerof a headache.

4. (slang,vulgar,offensive)A crude, violent and/or uncivilized person; abarbarian;aheathen.

Further reading

• “shitkicker”,inLexico,Dictionary.com;Oxford University Press,2019–2022.