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/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]
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Hogwash — Hog wash , n. 1. Swill. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. Meaningless talk; nonsense; balderdash; bunk; also used as an interjection, expressing scornful disbelief. [PJC] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hogwash — mid 15c., slops fed to pigs, from HOG (Cf. hog) (n.) + WASH (Cf. wash). Extended to cheap liquor (1712) then to inferior writing (1773) … Etymology dictionary
hogwash — [n] nonsense absurdity, balderdash*, baloney*, BS*, bull*, bunk*, debris, drivel*, foolishness, hokum, hooey*, horsefeathers*, poppycock*, refuse, ridiculousness, rot, rubbish, trash, twaddle*; concept 278 Ant. sense, truth … New thesaurus
hogwash — ► NOUN informal ▪ nonsense. ORIGIN originally meaning «kitchen swill for pigs» … English terms dictionary
hogwash — [hôg′wôsh΄] n. 1. refuse fed to hogs; swill 2. useless or insincere talk, writing, etc … English World dictionary
hogwash — 1. n. bad food or drink. □ This stuff is hogwash. Take it away. □ How about some more of this high quality hogwash? 2. n. nonsense. □ Now that’s just hogwash, and you know it. □ … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
hogwash — [[t]hɒ̱gwɒʃ, AM hɔ͟ːg [/t]] N UNCOUNT (disapproval) If you describe what someone says as hogwash, you think it is nonsense. [INFORMAL] Sugar said it was a load of hogwash that he was not interested in football. Syn: rubbish … English dictionary
hogwash — hog|wash [ˈhɔgwɔʃ US ˈha:gwa:ʃ, ˈho:g , wo:ʃ] n [U] informal stupid or untrue talk = ↑nonsense, rubbish ↑rubbish ▪ That s a load of hogwash! … Dictionary of contemporary English
hogwash — false statements, bull, bunk, hot air He told you I have a pet python? That s a lot of hogwash! … English idioms
hogwash — noun (U) stupid talk: That s a load of hogwash! … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
