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hog·wash
(hôg′wôsh′, -wŏsh′, hŏg′-)n.
1. Worthless, false, or ridiculous speech or writing; nonsense.
2. Garbage fed to hogs; swill.
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hogwash
(ˈhɒɡˌwɒʃ)n
1. informal nonsense
2. (Agriculture) pigswill
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hog•wash
(ˈhɔgˌwɒʃ, -ˌwɔʃ, ˈhɒg-)n.
1. refuse given to hogs; swill.
2. nonsense; bunk.
[1400–50]
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| Noun | 1. | hogwash - unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements) Irish bull, crap, bull - obscene words for unacceptable behavior; "I put up with a lot of bullshit from that jerk"; "what he said was mostly bull" |
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hogwash
noun (Informal) nonsense, rubbish, garbage (informal), balls (taboo slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo slang), rot, crap (slang), trash, bunk (informal), bullshit (taboo slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, chiefly Brit.), pap, cobblers (Brit. taboo slang), bilge (informal), drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), guff (slang), moonshine, hokum (slang, chiefly U.S. & Canad.), bunkum (chiefly U.S.), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), kak (S. African taboo slang), hooey (slang), tommyrot That's a load of hogwash.
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Translations
بَقايا الطَّعام
žvásty
sludder
sületlenség
vitleysa
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
hogwash
[ˈhɒgwɒʃ] n (= rubbish) → foutaises fpl ho ho [ˌhəʊˈhəʊ] ho ho ho [ˌhəʊˌhəʊˈhəʊ] excl (laughter) → ha, ha, haCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
hog
(hog) noun (especially American) a pig.
verb – past tense, past participle hogged – 1. to gobble up greedily.
2. to take or use more of than one ought to; to keep or use longer than one ought to. She's hogging the telephone and no-one else can use it.
ˈhogwash noun (especially American) nonsense.
go the whole hog to do something completely. I've bought a new dress – I think I'll go the whole hog and buy a complete outfit.
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