bull feathers

noun

"bull-feathers" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“bull feathers” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
13
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Euphemistic form of bullshit (“false statements”).

Corpus desk

Index EN-bull-feathers · bull feathers · English

bull feathers · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "B" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for bull feathers
PropertyValue
Headwordbull feathers
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “bull feathers” in English

bull feathersranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

bull feathers is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Euphemistic form of bullshit (“false statements”).".

bull feathers doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is bull feathers, spelled B-U-L-L- -F-E-A-T-H-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Euphemistic form of bullshit (“false statements”).

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how bull feathers appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. They would rather stand in the weeds and attack the Republicans with the lie, “Republicans are cutting Medicare to pay for tax cuts for the rich.” As you all know from everything you have heard today, that’s bull feathers. Bull feathers.
  2. “We heard that you killed some of his trees and did something to his dog,” Roxie ventured, while I held my breath. / That made Delbert angry and he grabbed his cane and waved it about. “THAT’S BULL FEATHERS, THAT’S WHAT THAT IS! THE WIND BLEW SOMETHING FROM MY PLACE ONTO HIS, AND HE SWORE THAT I DUMPED MY TRASH ON HIM.”

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bull feathers"?
"bull feathers" is spelled B-U-L-L- -F-E-A-T-H-E-R-S.
What does "bull feathers" mean?
As a noun, "bull feathers" means: Euphemistic form of bullshit (“false statements”).
What language does "bull feathers" come from?
"bull feathers" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list