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HOGWASH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hogwash mean? 

HOGWASH (noun)
  The noun HOGWASH has 1 sense:

1. unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)play

  Familiarity information: HOGWASH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HOGWASH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

buncombe; bunk; bunkum; guff; hogwash; rot

Hypernyms ("hogwash" is a kind of...):

drivel; garbage (a worthless message)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hogwash"):

bull; bullshit; crap; dogshit; horseshit; Irish bull; shit (obscene words for unacceptable behavior)


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