About The Word Balderdash
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Balderdash
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What's The Definition Of Balderdash?
[n] trivial nonsense
Synonyms | Synonyms for Balderdash: fiddle-faddle | piffle Related Terms | Find terms related to Balderdash: absurdity | amphigory | babble | babblement | bibble-babble | bilge | blabber | blather | bombast | bombastry | bosh | bushwa | claptrap | double-talk | drivel | drool | eyewash | fiddledeedee | fiddle-faddle | flummery | folderol | fudge | fustian | gabble | galimatias | gammon | gibber | gibberish | gibble-gabble | gobbledygook | highfalutin | hocus-pocus | hot air | humbug | jabber | jargon | malarkey | mumbo jumbo | narrishkeit | niaiserie | nonsense | pack of nonsense | palaver | prate | prattle | rant | rigamarole | rigmarole | rodomontade | rot | rubbish | skimble-skamble | stuff and nonsense | stultiloquence | trash | trumpery | twaddle | twattle | twiddle-twaddle | vaporing | waffling See Also | hokum | meaninglessness | nonsense | nonsensicality Balderdash In Webster's Dictionary \Bal"der*dash\, n. [Of uncertain origin: cf. Dan.
balder noise, clatter, and E. dash; hence, perhaps, unmeaning
noise, then hodgepodge, mixture; or W. baldorduss a
prattling, baldordd, baldorddi, to prattle.]
1. A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.
Indeed beer, by a mixture of wine, hath lost both
name and nature, and is called balderdash. --Taylor
(Drink and
Welcome).
2. Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.
\Bal"der*dash\, v. t. To mix or adulterate, as liquors. The wine merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and even mix it with pigeon's dung and quicklime. --Smollett. |
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