- bull/bullshit/BS
- [B]a story that is not all true, balderdash
His explanation is a lot of bull. Don't believe it.
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bullshit — bull|shit1 [ bul,ʃıt ] noun uncount IMPOLITE something someone says that is stupid or not true: Don t give me that bullshit! bullshit bull|shit 2 [ bul,ʃıt ] verb intransitive or transitive IMPOLITE to tell someone something that is stupid or not … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Bullshit (drinking game) — Bullshit, also known as who shit? and somebody shit in the parlor, is a drinking game that requires a minimum of four players. At the start of the game, each player chooses a kind of shit to represent him. Typically, the shit is some sort of… … Wikipedia
bullshit — eloquent and insincere rhetoric, 1915, Amer.Eng. slang. Bull in the sense of trivial or false statements (1914) is usually associated with this, but it existed since M.E. in the sense of false talk, fraud, apparently from O.Fr. bole deception,… … Etymology dictionary
bullshit — bull|shit1 [ˈbulˌʃıt] n [U] spoken not polite something that is stupid and completely untrue = ↑rubbish ▪ Forget all that bullshit and listen to me! ▪ What he told me was a load of bullshit . bullshit 2 bullshit2 past tense and past participle… … Dictionary of contemporary English
Bull — Bull, n. [OE. bule, bul, bole; akin to D. bul, G. bulle, Icel. boli, Lith. bullus, Lett. bollis, Russ. vol ; prob. fr. the root of AS. bellan, E. bellow.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The male of any species of cattle ({Bovid[ae]}); hence, the male of any large … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bull baiting — Bull Bull, n. [OE. bule, bul, bole; akin to D. bul, G. bulle, Icel. boli, Lith. bullus, Lett. bollis, Russ. vol ; prob. fr. the root of AS. bellan, E. bellow.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) The male of any species of cattle ({Bovid[ae]}); hence, the male of any… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bullshit — ullshit n. a ludicrously false statement. [vulgar] Syn: bull, Irish bull, horseshit, shit, crap, crapola, bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, tommyrot, balderdash, hogwash, dogshit. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bull — bull1 [bool] n. [ME bole < OE bula, a steer; akin to ON boli, Ger bulle < IE base * bhel : see BALL1] 1. the adult male of any bovine animal, as the ox, buffalo, etc. 2. the adult male of certain other large animals, as the elephant, elk,… … English World dictionary
bull's wool — bull’s wool noun (Aust inf) 1. Any fibrous bark 2. A euphemistic term for ↑bullshit (see above) • • • Main Entry: ↑bull … Useful english dictionary
bull’s wool — noun (Aust inf) ▪ Any fibrous bark ▪ A euphemistic term for bullshit (see above) ● bull … Useful english dictionary
