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Definitions for hogwash
ˈhɔgˌwɒʃ, -ˌwɔʃ, ˈhɒg-hog·wash
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Princeton's WordNet
bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwashnoun
unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)
GCIDE
Hogwashnoun
Meaningless talk; nonsense; balderdash; bunk; -- also used as an interjection, expressing scornful disbelief.
Wiktionary
hogwashnoun
foolish talk or writing; nonsense.
hogwashnoun
swill.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Hogwashnoun
The draff which is given to swine.
Etymology: hog and wash.
Your butler purloins your liquor, and the brewer sells you hogwash. John Arbuthnot, History of John Bull.
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hogwash
Hogwash refers to nonsense or foolish talk, ideas, or actions. It is typically used to express disbelief, scorn, or ridicule towards something. It can also refer to misleading or false information.
Webster Dictionary
Hogwashnoun
swill
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of hogwash in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of hogwash in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of hogwash in a Sentence
I think one of the dirty little secrets is professional politicians want everyone to think it's so hard to do what we do, nobody else can do it. It's hogwash. It isn't so hard. Most of this stuff takes common sense and good judgment and people are frustrated because they don't see commonsense or good judgment in D.C..
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov:
Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash.
This narrative of senility, exploitation of this helpless little old lady is just hogwash. It's just complete bunk.
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