codswallop
noun
, ˈkädz-\
Definition of codswallop
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Synonyms for codswallop
Synonyms
applesauce [slang], balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, blah (also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (or buncombe), claptrap, crapola [slang], crock, drivel, drool, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, flannel [British], flapdoodle, folderol (also falderal), folly, foolishness, fudge, garbage, guff, hogwash, hokeypokey, hokum, hoodoo, hooey, horsefeathers [slang], humbug, humbuggery, jazz, malarkey (also malarky), moonshine, muck, nerts [slang], nonsense, nuts, piffle, poppycock, punk, rot, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, slush, stupidity, taradiddle (or tarradiddle), tommyrot, tosh, trash, trumpery, twaddle
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Examples of codswallop in a Sentence
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Great story, total codswallop, says Skaife, who has pored through the archives and found zip. — William Booth, The Seattle Times, "The secrets of the royal ravenmaster at the Tower of London," 26 Oct. 2018 And don’t forget codswallop, a word that sounds Shakespearean but was coined in 1959. — Stephen Miller, WSJ, "What’s Another Word for Derp?," 29 May 2018 Mnuchin tried to double-talk this codswallop past SPW. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, "Here's What You Get When You Put Joe Lieberman in There," 19 May 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'codswallop.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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