bullshit
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 8
Definition of bullshit
12 senses · 4 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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(literally, uncountable, vulgar)Feces produced by a bull.
“Near-synonyms: cowshit, cowpie”
“Oh, I get it! So it's not a pyramid, it's just pyramid-shaped. You know, like a Dorito, or an Angry Bird, or just a pile of bullshit.”
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noun
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(literally, uncountable, vulgar)Feces produced by a bull.
“Near-synonyms: cowshit, cowpie”
“Oh, I get it! So it's not a pyramid, it's just pyramid-shaped. You know, like a Dorito, or an Angry Bird, or just a pile of bullshit.”
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(slang, uncountable, vulgar)Any assertions or information that are either false or misleading.
“Don't pay any attention to him. He talks a lot of bullshit.”
“He wrote loads of bullshit in the science exam.”
“Christ, we’ve done well, we’ve lost every battle so far, so we have to hold on to Tobruk and claim it as a victory or something. It’s all bullshit. Tobruk’s not worth a light.”
“The Illusive Man: Shepard. You're making a habit of costing me more than time and money. Shepard: I'm sorry, I'm having trouble hearing you. I'm getting a lot of bullshit on this line.”
““Their new SCAM is what we will forever call the Jeffrey Epstein Hoax, and my PAST supporters have bought into this ‘bullshit,’ hook, line, and sinker,” Trump wrote in a missive on Truth Social. “They haven’t learned their lesson, and probably never will, even after being conned by the Lunatic Left for 8 long years.””
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(slang, uncountable, vulgar)Any assertions or information that are either false or misleading.
“That's total bullshit! I called your office and they said that you didn't come in!”
“Fucking load of bullshit! You smashed his skull and dropped the F-bomb at him, and now you're claiming that he assaulted you?!”
- (rhetoric, uncountable)Any assertions or information that are either false or misleading.
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(uncountable)Any assertions or information that are either false or misleading.
“I focus on unclarifiable unclarity in particular in preparation for a further inquiry into bullshit that addresses the question why so much of that particular kind of bullshit is produced in France. This kind of academic bullshit […] comes close to being celebrated for its very unclarity by some of its producers and consumers.”
“Respect for the truth and a concern for the truth are among the foundations for civilization. I was for a long time disturbed by the lack of respect for the truth that I observed... bullshit is one of the deformities of these values.”
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(slang, uncountable, vulgar)Synonym of shit (any stuff, especially when viewed negatively or with collegial vulgarity).
“These rules cover how to do your laundry, how to fold your shirts, how to shine your shoes... You know, all that bullshit.”
“And when I rolled with the punches I got knocked on the ground By all this bullshit going down”
“We’ve been settling for half-assed bullshit for too long.”
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(possibly, uncountable, vulgar)A card game in which players try to discard their hands first, following rules that encourage bluffing, calling others' bluffs, and penalizing others by tricking them into inaccurate accusations.
“Anyone want to play a few hands of bullshit?”
“In PM parlance, what I did in this story was call bullshit. This is in reference to the card game Bullshit, where you win if you get rid of all the cards in your hand. […] So, if at any time a another player thinks the first player is lying, she can “call bullshit””
“The kids were surprisingly into Scrabble at the moment. It made a change from their last obsession with the card game Bullshit.”
adj
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(slang, vulgar)Absurd, irrational, or nonsensical (most often said of speech, information, or content).
“a bullshit job”
“That’s the most bullshit excuse I’ve ever heard.”
verb
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(ambitransitive, slang, vulgar)To tell lies, exaggerate; to mislead; to deceive.
“I think you’re bullshitting. Let’s just call your office and see if you even came in.”
“You’re bullshitting me. I called your office and you never even came in.”
“He said, “I might as well give it to you straight; you don’t want me bullshitting around with you.” I said, “Nope.””
“She had told me that he had tried something with her before. Someone else had to fight him off her and she got away and I wasn't sure if I believed it cuz, I don't know, she's bullshitted me a few times”
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(intransitive, slang, vulgar)To have casual conversation with no real point; to shoot the breeze.
“I will probably just go and bullshit with Joe for a while.”
“His eyelids flickered. “No. No one special here, just Octavia, Rosemary, Mark, Andy and Jim. Spent most of the time bullshitting with Jim.””
“The lute player would often wander by while these artists bullshat about the wonders of the abstract style. He was fascinated by their word games and mental crap about abstraction.”
“As Franco and the squad leader bullshitted while drinking their beers, they suddenly heard a close heavy thump hit the ground nearby, right away hearing Hicks and the other guy break out in laughter!”
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(intransitive, slang, vulgar)To come up with on the spot; to improvise.
“We just went on stage and bullshitted the whole concert because we didn’t know any songs.”
intj
- (slang, vulgar)An expression of disbelief at what one has just heard.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From bull + shit. Figurative use as a noun referring to useless or untrue information is attested from the 1910s.
Words you can make from bullshit
95 playable · top: BULLISH (12 pts)
Best play bullish 12 points6-letter words
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18 words4-letter words
42 words- BHUT 9 pts
- BISH 9 pts
- BUHL 9 pts
- BUSH 9 pts
- HUBS 9 pts
- HILL 7 pts
- HILT 7 pts
- HIST 7 pts
- HITS 7 pts
- HULL 7 pts
- HUTS 7 pts
- LUSH 7 pts
- SHIT 7 pts
- SHUL 7 pts
- SHUT 7 pts
- SITH 7 pts
- THIS 7 pts
- THUS 7 pts
- TUSH 7 pts
- BILL 6 pts
- BITS 6 pts
- BULL 6 pts
- BUST 6 pts
- BUTS 6 pts
- LIBS 6 pts
- SLUB 6 pts
- STUB 6 pts
- TUBS 6 pts
- ILLS 4 pts
- LILT 4 pts
- LIST 4 pts
- LITS 4 pts
- LITU 4 pts
- LUST 4 pts
- SILL 4 pts
- SILT 4 pts
- SLIT 4 pts
- SLUT 4 pts
- SUIT 4 pts
- TILL 4 pts
- TILS 4 pts
- TUIS 4 pts
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