to talk hogwash
1Hogwash — Hog wash , n. 1. Swill. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] 2. Meaningless talk; nonsense; balderdash; bunk; also used as an interjection, expressing scornful disbelief. [PJC] …
2hogwash — [hôg′wôsh΄] n. 1. refuse fed to hogs; swill 2. useless or insincere talk, writing, etc …
3talk — Synonyms and related words: accent, accents, address, advertise, after dinner speech, air, allocution, analyze, argot, assignment, babble, back fence gossip, balderdash, balls, ballyhoo, bat the breeze, be in connection, be in contact, be… …
4hogwash — hog|wash [ˈhɔgwɔʃ US ˈha:gwa:ʃ, ˈho:g , wo:ʃ] n [U] informal stupid or untrue talk = ↑nonsense, rubbish ↑rubbish ▪ That s a load of hogwash! …
5hogwash — noun (U) stupid talk: That s a load of hogwash! …
6hogwash — /ˈhɒgwɒʃ / (say hogwosh) noun 1. any worthless stuff. 2. meaningless or insincere talk; nonsense: *I think that the (government) statement is hogwash … hawkers have been in town for a long time and there has been no rioting. –aap news, 1997 …
7hogwash — n 1. swill, slop, refuse, Dial. culch; garbage, waste, offal; dregs, remains, offscourings; leavings, sweepings, scraps, orts, leftovers; remainder, residue, residuum, scum, filth. 2. junk, worthless stuff, trumpery; trifles, trinkets,… …
8hogwash — /hawg wosh , wawsh , hog /, n. 1. refuse given to hogs; swill. 2. any worthless stuff. 3. meaningless or insincere talk, writing, etc.; nonsense; bunk. [1400 50; 1900 05, for def 2; late ME. See HOG, WASH] * * * …
9hogwash — noun a) foolish talk or writing; nonsense. b) swill. Syn: bullshit, slop, slops …
10trash — [n1] garbage debris, dregs, droppings, dross, excess, filth, fragments, junk, leavings, litter, oddments, odds and ends*, offal, pieces, refuse, residue, rubbish, rubble, rummage, scourings, scrap, scraps, scum*, sediment, shavings, sweepings,… …
