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horseshit

noun

Etymology

From horse + shit.

  1. derived from *skeyd-✻ — “to split, divide, separate”
  2. inherited from *skitiz✻
  3. inherited from *skiti✻
  4. inherited from *sċite✻ — “dung”
  5. inherited from schit
  6. compounded as horseshit — “horse + shit”

Definitions

  1. Synonym of bullshit (figurative senses).

    • That scumbag dumped a whole carload of horseshit over his associates.

  2. Horse feces / manure.

    • A huge one. It was my job to mix the horseshit in with the soil. Great big wheelbarrows full of horseshit. We used to drive around to farms that had horses and ask them if we could shovel up their horseshit.
    • The aroma was a mix of cedar, hay and horseshit but somehow, Betty found it pleasantly intoxicating.

  3. Synonym of bullshit.

    • He says he'll pay up next week. Horseshit!

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA