Meaning

4 senses
  1. (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.

    Scheiße erzählen

    пизде́тьpizdétʹ, дури́тьdurítʹ

  2. (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.

    пизде́тьpizdétʹ, база́ритьbazáritʹ, чеса́ть языко́мčesátʹ jazykóm

  3. (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.

  4. (intransitive, slang, vulgar)To act in a way considered bullshit.

More definitions
  • speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths

Examples

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

    Перепрошую, але це нісенітниця. — deniko · CC BY 2.0 FR

  2. Don't bullshit me!

    Годі вже нести цю тарабарщину! — deniko

    ruНе надо мне тут очки втирать! — Ooneykcall

  3. Call someone out on their bullshit.

  4. He's spending his money on bullshit.

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

    Tatoeba contributors · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · B1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
tell lies, exaggerate:
have casual conversation with no real point:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
tell lies, exaggerate:

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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Forms

bullshits, bullshitting, bullshitted, bullshitted
Base formbullshit · to bullshit
3rd person singularbullshits
Present participlebullshitting
Past simplebullshitted / bullshit
Past participlebullshitted / bullshit

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybullshit
he, she, itbullshits

Past simpleLesson

all personsbullshitted

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave bullshitted
he, she, ithas bullshitted

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill bullshit

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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