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hoo·ey

 (ho͞o′ē)
n. Slang
Nonsense: "the romantic hooey that always sold women's cosmetics" (Jerry Adler).
[Origin unknown.]
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hooey

(ˈhuːɪ)
n, interj
slang nonsense; rubbish
[C20: of unknown origin]
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hoo•ey

(ˈhu i)

n., interj.
nonsense.
[Amer.; orig. uncertain]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.hooey - senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff"
poppycock, stuff and nonsense, stuff
hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
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hooey

noun
Slang. Something that does not have or make sense:
balderdash, blather, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle.
Informal: tommyrot.
Slang: applesauce, baloney, bilge, bull, bunk, crap, malarkey.
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Translations
GelaberNebbich

hooey

[ˈhuːɪ] N → música f celestial
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

hooey

n (dated inf) → Gelabere nt (inf), → Quatsch m (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

hooey

[ˈhuːɪ] n (fam) → fesserie fpl
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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