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BALDERDASH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does balderdash mean?
• BALDERDASH (noun)
The noun BALDERDASH has 1 sense:
1. trivial nonsense
Familiarity information: BALDERDASH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Trivial nonsense
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
balderdash; fiddle-faddle; piffle
Hypernyms ("balderdash" is a kind of...):
bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)
Context examples
Such unscientific balderdash, added the doctor, flushing suddenly purple, would have estranged Damon and Pythias.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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