BS

See also: Appendix:Variations of "bs"

Translingual

Symbol

BS

  1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code for Bahamas.
    Synonym: BHS (alpha-3)

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

BS

  1. (automotive) Bridgestone, a tire company.

Noun

BS (countable and uncountable, plural BSs)

  1. (US) Abbreviation of Bachelor of Science.
    Synonym: BSc
  2. Abbreviation of Bachelor of Surgery.
  3. (baseball) Abbreviation of blown saves.
  4. (accounting) Abbreviation of balance sheet.
  5. (slang, euphemistic, chiefly Canada, US) Abbreviation of bullshit.
    Alternative form: B.S.
    • 2021 July 17, Jacob Bernstein, “Keith McNally Stirs the Pot”, in The New York Times:
      Still, he said, “I’m so tired of all this political correctness. It’s such B.S.
  6. Initialism of Bartter syndrome.

Verb

BS (third-person singular simple present BSes, present participle BSing, simple past and past participle BSed)

  1. Euphemistic form of bullshit.
    • 2019 April 26, Christopher Ingraham, “Rich guys are most likely to have no idea what they’re talking about, study suggests”, in The Washington Post:
      Researchers embarked on a novel study intent on measuring what a Princeton philosophy professor contends is one of the most salient features of our culture — the ability to play the expert without being one. / Or, as the social scientists put it, to BS.

Anagrams

German

Noun

BS

  1. Bausoldat

Proper noun

BS

  1. ISO 3166-2:CH code of Basel-Stadt (canton)

Spanish

Proper noun

BS f

  1. (Mexico) Initialism of Baja California Sur.

Vietnamese

Noun

BS

  1. Abbreviation of bác sĩ.
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