hooey
/ˈhuː.i/
hooey noun: silly talk or writing; nonsense, silliness, or fake assertion(s).
Noun (1)
hooey (uncountable)
- Silly talk or writing; nonsense, silliness, or fake assertion(s).
- I heard his speech. It sounded like a whole lot of hooey to me.
- Frankly, I cannot imagine that the global political community cares very much how we spell Keelung or Jilong here. Hooey! How Taiwan spells Dunhua or Tunhwa Road does nothing to its national identity, which is and will remain proud and independent. Let us not load what should be practical...2002 July 23, Kent M. Suarez, “Letters: Hanyu no threat to identity”, in Taipei Times, sourced from Taipei, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 15 Sep 2024, Editorial & Opinion, page 8
Noun (2)
hooey (plural hooeys)
hooey meaning in Tamil
hooey in Tamil
- மூடப்பேச்சு
Examples of hooey in a sentence
- For many doctors, meditation resides in the realm of New Age hooey—okay for Indian yogis and students of Eastern religion, but not suitable for scientific study.2006, Ronald H. Hoffman (with Sidney Stevens), How to Talk with Your Doctor: The Guide for Patients and Their Physicians Who Want to...
- The audience will accept so much until it becomes hooey.”2025 June 14, Nigel Andrews, quoting Steven Spielberg, “They don’t come any bigger”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The...
Forms of hooey
| alternative form | hooie |
|---|---|
| plural | hooeys |
Origin of hooey
Possibly related to phooey, possibly a euphemism for horseshit, or possibly from Ukrainian or Russian хуй (xuj). Compare hooie (interjection) and German hui.
Words that rhyme with hooey
Questions about hooey
- What does hooey mean?
- Hooey means silly talk or writing; nonsense, silliness, or fake assertion(s).
- What is hooey in Tamil?
- Hooey in Tamil is மூடப்பேச்சு. See Hooey meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use hooey in a sentence?
- For many doctors, meditation resides in the realm of New Age hooey—okay for Indian yogis and students of Eastern religion, but not suitable for scientific study.
- What part of speech is hooey?
- Hooey is a noun.
- How do you pronounce hooey?
- Hooey is pronounced /ˈhuː.i/.
- What is the plural of hooey?
- The plural of hooey is hooeys.
Words near hooey in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: hooey (page history and authors); hooey (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). 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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