guff
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Synonyms for guff
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, codswallop [British], crapola [slang], crock, drivel, drool, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, flannel [British], flapdoodle, folderol (also falderal), folly, foolishness, fudge, garbage, 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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Touch points: Yet more boardroom guff which creeps into media interviews. — Suresh Rangarajan, Quartz India, "It’s 2019 and Indian businesses need to retire these clichéd phrases," 31 July 2019 There's been an absolute guff load of transfer rumours doing the rounds recently, and a large chunk of them seem to be about two blossoming West Ham stars. — SI.com, "Fornals Stunner, Kabak Bid Made & Hernandez Exit Talk: West Ham News Roundup," 20 June 2019 Notwithstanding the guff, the commercial potential is indeed significant—as are the potential problems. — The Economist, "Facebook wants to create a worldwide digital currency," 20 June 2019 Sitting behind home plate at Yankee Stadium for Game 1 of the 1998 World Series, the 16-year-old Gwynn took plenty of guff from Yankees fans. — Tom Krasovic, sandiegouniontribune.com, "Decade later, Gwynn has no regrets about tripling Pads' pain," 29 Sep. 2017 LaJoye also said that TSA — which got a lot of guff for extremely long backups at checkpoints two years ago — has added 620 officers since the first of the year and plans to hire an additional 1,000 before summer travel peaks in July. — Fredrick Kunkle, Washington Post, "Prepare for long lines and possible Memorial Day delays, especially at these airports," 23 May 2018 His wife, Hilary, had (quite reasonably) been giving him guff about that matter and finally had prevailed upon him to get some new ones. — Vahe Gregorian, kansascity, "The remarkable Hilary Watson's inspiring battle against cancer | The Kansas City Star," 19 May 2018 America Chavez is crazy bulletproof, packs a punch that can literally shatter dimensional barriers, takes no guff from anybody and, like Black Panther, appeals to a broader audience than just superhero movie fans. — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, "What's after 'Avengers 4'? Our superhero wish list for Marvel's next decade," 15 May 2018 The captain of the all-tough team for Boston is the 6-foot-1, 190-pound Rozier, who takes no guff from anybody, even somebody a foot taller. — Marc Narducci, Philly.com, "'They played better than us:' Celtics lose poise, and game, to Sixers," 9 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'guff.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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