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hogwash

UK/ˈhɒɡ.wɒʃ//ˈhɔɡ.wɑʃ/

hogwash noun: foolish talk or writing; nonsense.

Noun

hogwash (usually uncountable, plural hogwashes)

  1. (figuratively, informal, usually) Foolish talk or writing; nonsense.
    • We have more faith in the average American than that. It’s not true that Americans love hogwash— it’s that hogwash inundates Americans, whether they want it or not! Some Americans want the truth— they just haven’t been able to find it because it is drowned out by hogwash.2016, T. Colin Campbell, Thomas M. Campbell, The China Study: Revised and Expanded Edition, BenBella Books, Inc., page 214
    • Diplomatic hogwash aside, ‘efficiency and effectiveness’ have nothing to do with the shutting of the Consulate. The decision is but a continuation of successive US measures aimed at “taking Jerusalem off the table” – as per Trump’s own words - of any future negotiations.2019 March 14, Ramzy Baroud, “Chasing mirages: What are Palestinians doing to combat ‘Deal of the Century’?”, in Ma'an News, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2019
  2. (usually, literal) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs; swill.
    Synonyms:
    slop, slops, swill

hogwash meaning in Malayalam

hogwash in Malayalam

nonsense, gibberish, rubbish
അസംബന്ധം, ശുദ്ധഅസംബന്ധം, അപാർത്ഥം, അർത്ഥമില്ലാത്തത്, ചവറ്, വിലകെട്ട സാഹിത്യരചന

Synonyms of hogwash

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Forms of hogwash

pluralhogwashes

Origin of hogwash

From Middle English *hoggewasch (found only as Middle English hoggyswasch (“refuse of the kitchen for feeding pigs”, literally “hog's wash”)), equivalent to hog + wash.

Questions about hogwash

What does hogwash mean?
Hogwash means foolish talk or writing; nonsense.
What is hogwash in Malayalam?
Hogwash in Malayalam is അസംബന്ധം, ശുദ്ധഅസംബന്ധം, അപാർത്ഥം. See Hogwash meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is hogwash?
Hogwash is a noun.
How do you pronounce hogwash?
Hogwash is pronounced /ˈhɒɡ.wɒʃ/ (UK).
What is the plural of hogwash?
The plural of hogwash is hogwashes.

Words near hogwash in the dictionary

  1. Hogwartsian
  2. Hogwartsians
  3. Hogwartsier
  4. Hogwartsiest
  5. Hogwartsy
  6. hogwash
  7. hogwashes
  8. hogweed
  9. hogweeds
  10. hogwort
  11. hogyard

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hogwash (page history and authors); hogwash (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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