Hogwash

  • 11hogwash — noun (U) stupid talk: That s a load of hogwash! …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 12hogwash — /ˈhɒgwɒʃ / (say hogwosh) noun 1. any worthless stuff. 2. meaningless or insincere talk; nonsense: *I think that the (government) statement is hogwash … hawkers have been in town for a long time and there has been no rioting. –aap news, 1997 …

  • 13hogwash — noun Date: 15th century 1. swill 2a, slop 2. nonsense, balderdash …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 14hogwash — /hawg wosh , wawsh , hog /, n. 1. refuse given to hogs; swill. 2. any worthless stuff. 3. meaningless or insincere talk, writing, etc.; nonsense; bunk. [1400 50; 1900 05, for def 2; late ME. See HOG, WASH] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 15hogwash — noun a) foolish talk or writing; nonsense. b) swill. Syn: bullshit, slop, slops …

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  • 16hogwash — Synonyms and related words: balls, baloney, bilge, blague, blah, blah blah, bones, bop, bosh, bull, bullshit, bunk, bunkum, chaff, claptrap, crap, culm, deadwood, dishwater, draff, dregs, dust, eyewash, filings, flam, flapdoodle, flimflam, gammon …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 17hogwash — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n., informal, trash, nonsense. See unmeaningness. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Garbage] Syn. scum, debris, swill, refuse; see trash 1 , 3 . 2. [Nonsense] Syn. foolishness, absurdity, ridiculousness; see… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 18hogwash — hog|wash [ hɔg,waʃ ] noun uncount INFORMAL nonsense …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 19hogwash — n. rubbish, nonsense (Informal); pigswill, pig s food …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 20hogwash — noun informal nonsense. Origin C15 (meaning kitchen swill for pigs ): from hog + wash …

    English new terms dictionary