malarky
malarky is the alternative spelling of malarkey.
Meaning of malarkey
Noun
malarkey (plural (rare) malarkeys)
- Nonsense; rubbish.
- I decided it was a bunch of malarkey and stopped reading about halfway through.
- Synonyms:
- absurdity, all my eye, all my eye and Betty Martin, apple grease, applesauce, bafflegab, balderdash, balls, baloney, banana oil
Proper noun capitalized: Malarky
Malarky (plural Malarkys)
- A surname from Irish.
Forms of malarky
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | malarkies |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Malarkys |
Origin of malarky
Variant of Mullarkey.
Questions about malarky
- What does malarky mean?
- Malarky means a surname from Irish.
- What is malarky the alternative spelling of?
- Malarky is the alternative spelling of malarkey.
- What part of speech is malarky?
- Malarky is a proper noun.
Words near malarky in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: malarky (page history and authors); Malarky (page history and authors); malarkey (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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