What does hogwash mean?

Definitions for hogwash
ˈhɔgˌwɒʃ, -ˌwɔʃ, ˈhɒg-hog·wash

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word hogwash.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. bunk, bunkum, buncombe, guff, rot, hogwashnoun

    unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

GCIDE

  1. Hogwashnoun

    Meaningless talk; nonsense; balderdash; bunk; -- also used as an interjection, expressing scornful disbelief.

Wiktionary

  1. hogwashnoun

    foolish talk or writing; nonsense.

  2. hogwashnoun

    swill.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. 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.

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  1. Hogwashnoun

    swill

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of hogwash in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of hogwash in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of hogwash in a Sentence

  1. Carly Fiorina:

    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..

  2. Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov:

    Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash.

  3. Wayne Flynt:

    This narrative of senility, exploitation of this helpless little old lady is just hogwash. It's just complete bunk.

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