horse pucky

noun

Horseshit, nonsense, horse hockey.

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Meanings

nounhorse pucky (uncountable)

alternative horse puckey

  1. euphemisticslanguncountableHorseshit, nonsense, horse hockey.

    ‘Mum says I'm too young for caffeinated drinks,’ I say. ‘Horse pucky,’ says Dad.

    2015, David Mitchell, Slade House
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    When the sky lightened in another of those diffuse spasms, I could see horsepucky pats, some of them fresh.

    2012, Stephen King, 11/22/63, page 804

Origin

From horse + pucky.

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APA

horse pucky. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horse%20pucky

MLA

“horse pucky.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horse%20pucky. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “horse pucky,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horse%20pucky.

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