Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bullshit
Participle: bullshited
Gerund: bullshiting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bullshit |
| you | bullshit |
| he;she;it | bullshits |
| we | bullshit |
| you | bullshit |
| they | bullshit |
Perfect
| I | have bullshited |
| you | have bullshited |
| he;she;it | has bullshited |
| we | have bullshited |
| you | have bullshited |
| they | have bullshited |
Past
| I | bullshited |
| you | bullshited |
| he;she;it | bullshited |
| we | bullshited |
| you | bullshited |
| they | bullshited |
Pluperfect
| I | had bullshited |
| you | had bullshited |
| he;she;it | had bullshited |
| we | had bullshited |
| you | had bullshited |
| they | had bullshited |
Future
| I | will bullshit |
| you | will bullshit |
| he;she;it | will bullshit |
| we | will bullshit |
| you | will bullshit |
| they | will bullshit |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bullshited |
| you | will have bullshited |
| he;she;it | will have bullshited |
| we | will have bullshited |
| you | will have bullshited |
| they | will have bullshited |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bullshit |
| you | bullshit |
| he;she;it | bullshit |
| we | bullshit |
| you | bullshit |
| they | bullshit |
Perfect
| I | have bullshited |
| you | have bullshited |
| he;she;it | have bullshited |
| we | have bullshited |
| you | have bullshited |
| they | have bullshited |
Imperfect
| I | bullshited |
| you | bullshited |
| he;she;it | bullshited |
| we | bullshited |
| you | bullshited |
| they | bullshited |
Pluperfect
| I | had bullshited |
| you | had bullshited |
| he;she;it | had bullshited |
| we | had bullshited |
| you | had bullshited |
| they | had bullshited |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bullshit |
| you | would bullshit |
| he;she;it | would bullshit |
| we | would bullshit |
| you | would bullshit |
| they | would bullshit |
Perfect
| I | would have bullshited |
| you | would have bullshited |
| he;she;it | would have bullshited |
| we | would have bullshited |
| you | would have bullshited |
| they | would have bullshited |
Imperative
| you | bullshit |
| we | Let's bullshit |
| you | bullshit |
Verbs conjugated like 'bullshit'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bullshit'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- mislead
- guff
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From bull + shit. Figurative use as a noun referring to useless or untrue information is attested from the 1910s.
Verbs referencing "bullshit"
French
bullshitter.
Sample Sentences
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I think you’re bullshitting. Let’s just call your office and see if you even came in.
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You’re bullshitting me. I called your office and you never even came in.
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He said, “I might as well give it to you straight; you don’t want me bullshitting around with you.” I said, “Nope.” [1982, Stanley Goff, Robert Sanders, Clark Smith, Brothers, black soldiers in the Nam, page 32:]
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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 [2004, Supreme Court of the United States, quoting Michael Crawford, Crawford v. Washington, 541 US 36:]
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I will probably just go and bullshit with Joe for a while.
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His eyelids flickered. “No. No one special here, just Octavia, Rosemary, Mark, Andy and Jim. Spent most of the time bullshitting with Jim.” [1968, Gavin Lambert, A Case for the Angels, page 70:]
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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. [1987, Sidney Lawrence, Roger Brown, Roger Brown, exhibition catalog, page 84:]
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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! [2002, George Bielma, A Gathering of Eagles, page 21:]
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We just went on stage and bullshitted the whole concert because we didn’t know any songs.