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)

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English

Alternative forms

• B.S., B. S.

Pronunciation

• Audio (AU)

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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.
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^[1]:

     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

• SB, s/b, sb

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German

Noun

BS

1. Bausoldat

Proper noun

BS

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

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Spanish

Proper noun

BS f

1. (Mexico) Initialism of Baja California Sur.

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Vietnamese

Noun

BS

1. Abbreviation of bác sĩ.