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Synonyms
- applesauce [slang]
- balderdash
- baloney
- boloney
- beans
- bilge
- blah
- blah-blah
- blarney
- blather
- blatherskite
- blither
- bosh
- bull [slang]
- bunk
- bunkum
- buncombe
- claptrap
- codswallop [British]
- crapola [slang]
- crock
- drivel
- drool
- fiddle
- fiddle-faddle
- fiddlesticks
- flannel [British]
- flapdoodle
- folderol
- falderal
- folly
- foolishness
- fudge
- garbage
- guff
- hokeypokey
- hokum
- hoodoo
- hooey
- horsefeathers [slang]
- humbug
- humbuggery
- jazz
- malarkey
- malarky
- moonshine
- muck
- nerts [slang]
- nonsense
- nuts
- piffle
- poppycock
- punk
- rot
- rubbish
- senselessness
- silliness
- slush
- stupidity
- taradiddle
- tarradiddle
- tommyrot
- tosh
- trash
- trumpery
- twaddle
Examples of hogwash in a Sentence
You wouldn't believe the hogwash he was spouting at us.
the librarian told us a lot of hogwash about how you can go to jail for having overdue books
Recent Examples on the Web
The Reynolds administration has been something of a one-stop shop for this kind hogwash that’s blind to the consequences of loosening child labor laws.
—
Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
And any mention of the actor and composer as porcines of interest would be pure hogwash.
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Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 11 June 2023
Bluntly, this is hogwash.
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Tim Reynolds, ajc, 7 May 2022
But that's hogwash, experts say.
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Kelly Dinardo, Health.com, 5 Jan. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of hogwash was
in the 15th century
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Cite this Entry
“Hogwash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hogwash. Accessed 24 Jul. 2024.
Kids Definition
hogwash
noun
hog·wash
ˈhȯg-ˌwȯsh
ˈhäg-,
-ˌwäsh
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