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Definition of like shit through a tin horn
like shit through a tin horn
adverb
- quickly.
Traffic today is moving like shit through a tin horn.
Citation from Attributed to General George S. Patton Jr blacked out to resolve Google's penalty against this site.- See more words with the same meaning: fast, quick, quickly.
Last edited on Oct 23 2012. Submitted by Mick from New York, NY, USA on Feb 14 2003.
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| Definitions include: to kill, usually with a firearm. | |
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| Definitions include: high-performing. | |
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| Definitions include: to accelerate, especially in an automobile. | |
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| Definitions include: amphetamine. | |
| Definitions include: the best. | |
| Definitions include: something you have now is worth more than two things you have just a chance of getting. | |
| Definitions include: sexual activity. | |
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| Definitions include: a little crazy | |
| Definitions include: an unspecified small number. | |
| Definitions include: Playing around | |
| Definitions include: very common. | |
| Definitions include: a mythical creature who is extremely happy or fortunate. | |
| Definitions include: a non-specified price. | |
| Definitions include: a non-specified price. | |
| Definitions include: to collide with a tree. | |
| Definitions include: an ugly face. | |
| Definitions include: a few drinks of alcohol. | |
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| Definitions include: to mistreat. | |
| Definitions include: phone. | |
| Definitions include: sexual arousal. | |
| Definitions include: to praise oneself. | |
| Definitions include: to praise one's self. | |
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| Definitions include: to act superior. | |
| Definitions include: See act like (one's) shit doesn't stink. | |
| Definitions include: to say, in reported speech or conversation. | |
| Definitions include: to be present in large numbers. | |
| Definitions include: to bleed profusely. | |
| Definitions include: to have many children. | |
| Definitions include: of a woman, to be well-endowed. | |
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| Definitions include: to have a large penis | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "dad I'd like to fuck". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "do I look like I give a shit." | |
| Definitions include: to drink alcohol to excess. | |
| Definitions include: to die with others in a large group, usually within a short span of time. | |
| Definitions include: nice buttocks. | |
| Definitions include: when eating, to often eat a little. | |
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| Definitions include: to act superior. | |
| Definitions include: See act like (one's) shit doesn't stink. | |
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| Definitions include: "very". | |
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| Definitions include: a despicable person. | |
| Definitions include: to beat severely. | |
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| Definitions include: to make a person extremely bored. | |
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| Definitions include: to use up. | |
| Definitions include: to tarnish a person's reputation. | |
| Definitions include: extremely fast. | |
| Definitions include: to understand. | |
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| Definitions include: acronym for "heard through". | |
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| Definitions include: to perform anal sex. | |
| Definitions include: tired, unable to go on. | |
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| Definitions include: to work as advertised. | |
| Definitions include: badge carried by law enforcement officials. | |
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| Definitions include: the police. | |
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| Definitions include: as advertised. | |
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