Noun: bullshit 'bûl,shit
Usage: vulgar
Usage: vulgar
Usage: US, vulgar
Usage: vulgar
- Statements or beliefs that are untrue or make no sense
"He dismissed the conspiracy theory as pure bullshit";
- bunk [informal], bunkum [informal], buncombe [informal], guff [informal], rot [informal], hogwash [informal], flapdoodle [N. Amer, informal], Irish bull [slang], rhubarb [Brit, informal], bilge [informal], junk [informal], bull [slang], nonsense, jive [N. Amer, informal], bushwah [N. Amer, informal], bushwa [N. Amer, informal], folderol, rubbish [informal], tripe [informal], trumpery [archaic], trash [informal], wish-wash [informal], applesauce [N. Amer, informal], codswallop [Brit, informal], falderal, drivel, garbage
- Obscene word for unacceptable behaviour
"I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk";
Usage: vulgar
- Speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths
"The politician was not well prepared for the debate and bullshitted it";
- talk through one's hat [informal], bull [informal], fake [US, informal]
Usage: US, vulgar
- A card game in which players make declarations about cards and the others have to say whether they think they are lying
"They spent the evening playing Bullshit";
- cheat
Derived forms: bullshitting, bullshitted, bullshits
Type of: affect, card game, cards, content, dissemble, feign, message, pretend, sham, subject matter, substance
Encyclopedia: Bullshit