Balderdash

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Nonsense.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. senseless talk or writing; nonsense.
  • v. To mix or adulterate.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.
  • n. Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.
  • v. To mix or adulterate, as liquors.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A jumbled mixture of frothy liquors.
  • n. Senseless prate; an unmeaning or nonsensical jumble of words; trashy talk or writing.
  • n. Synonyms See prattle, n.
  • To jumble and adulterate (liquors); hence, to mix with inferior ingredients; adulterate: with with before the adulterant: as, to balderdash wine with cider.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. trivial nonsense
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hokum    nonsense    nonsensicality    meaninglessness    bunk   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ribaldry    nonsense    trash    drivel    twaddle    piffle    rubbish    bunk    poppycock   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    fustian    bombast    bosh    twaddle    moonshine    gabble    flummery    poppycock    gibber    jargon