Meaning

7 senses
  1. (literally, uncountable, vulgar)Feces produced by a bull.

    Near-synonyms: cowshit, cowpie

  2. Any assertions or information that are either false or misleading.

    (slang, uncountable, vulgar)Statements that are false or exaggerated to impress or cheat the listener.

    Don't pay any attention to him. He talks a lot of bullshit.

    He wrote loads of bullshit in the science exam.

    Quatsch, Gequatsche, durchsichtiges Geschwätz

    фигня́fignjá, хуета́xujetá, пиздёжpizdjóž

    маячняmajačnja

  3. (slang, uncountable, vulgar)Statements that are transparently or offensively false.

    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?!

  4. (rhetoric, uncountable)Statements that are intentionally misleading, whether true or not.

  5. (uncountable)Statements made without regard for their truth value.

  6. (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.

  7. (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?

    Lügen

    верю-не-верюverju-ne-verju

More definitions
  • Obscene word for unacceptable behavior

Examples

83 sentences
  1. I'm sorry, but that's bullshit.

    Перепрошую, але це нісенітниця.

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  2. Don't bullshit me!

    Годі вже нести цю тарабарщину!

    ruНе надо мне тут очки втирать!

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  3. Call someone out on their bullshit.

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  4. He's spending his money on bullshit.

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  5. Who's the one who's writing this bullshit?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense:
Русский
By meaning 3
vulgar slang for patently or offensively false statements — see also nonsense:
vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense:
card game:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
vulgar slang for deceptive or exaggerated nonsense — see also nonsense:
card game:

Origin

From bull + shit. Figurative use as a noun referring to useless or untrue information is a

From bull + shit. Figurative use as a noun referring to useless or untrue information is attested from the 1910s.

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