bull gravy
- noun
- /bʊl ˈɡreɪvi/
- Archaic
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tonterías
- Next time, spare me the bull gravy and just tell the truth.
Examples
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I don't believe a word of that bull gravy he told us yesterday.
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That speech was just bull gravy!
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Her story sounded like pure bull gravy from start to finish.
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I can't believe he said such bull gravy.
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I don't believe a word of that bull gravy he told us yesterday.
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Next time, spare me the bull gravy and just tell the truth.
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Her story sounded like pure bull gravy from start to finish.
Synonyms
94
9.8
False or silly talk meant to trick people
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7.5
Talk that is not true or is silly
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9.7
Something not true that people say to fool others
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9.9
Talk that is false or silly
A false statement said on purpose to trick people
Complete nonsense that is not true and not believable
Talk that is false and makes no sense
Talk that is not true and that people do not believe
Something someone says that is not true
Talk that is false and hard to believe
Antonyms
How Meaningless
Surface Forms
Morphology
bull + gravy
Because 'bull' is explicitly given as a vulgar label for false or insincere statements, a learner who knows that sense could plausibly infer that the compound refers to nonsense. However, 'gravy' does not transparently contribute that meaning (and the combination is slang/idiomatic and unpredictable), so the overall interpretation is not fully derivable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Bull gravy may come from the words bull, a word people use for nonsense, and gravy, a thick sauce that hides food. Picture a rich sauce covering bad meat — that image helps explain why bull gravy means 'nonsense' or talk that is not true.