hogwash

[ hawg-wosh, -wawsh, hog- ]
/ ˈhɔgˌwɒʃ, -ˌwɔʃ, ˈhɒg- /
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noun

refuse given to hogs; swill.
any worthless stuff.
meaningless or insincere talk, writing, etc.; nonsense; bunk.

Origin of hogwash

1400–50; 1900–05 for def 2; late Middle English. See hog, wash

Words nearby hogwash

hogpen, hogshead, hogtie, hogtown, hogue, hogwash, hogweed, hogwood, hoha, hohe tauern, hohenlinden

Words related to hogwash

refuse, absurdity, bunk, baloney, hooey, foolishness, drivel, debris, rubbish, bull, balderdash, ridiculousness, trash, rot, twaddle, poppycock, BS, hokum, horsefeathers

Example sentences from the Web for hogwash

  • Wot's the good of your ladlin' out that hogwash about huntin'?

    Snow-Bound at Eagle's |Bret Harte

  • Hogwash was beaten and so were all the favourites, and an outsider had won.

    Uncle Joe's Stories |Edward Hugessen Knatchbull-Hugesson, First Baron Brabourne

  • My friends, I have heard the vows which Paaker has poured out over our pure altars, like hogwash that men set before swine.

    Uarda, Complete |Georg Ebers

British Dictionary definitions for hogwash

hogwash
/ (ˈhɒɡˌwɒʃ) /

noun

informal nonsense
pigswill