hooey
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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, guff, hogwash, hokeypokey, hokum, hoodoo, 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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But as comforting as a toddy may be, the notion of a dose of booze as a cold cure has always struck me as a load of hooey. — M. Carrie Allan, sacbee, "Not too shoddy: A mug of hot toddy | The Sacramento Bee," 23 Jan. 2018 But as comforting as a toddy may be, the notion of a dose of booze as a cold cure has always struck me as a load of hooey. — M. Carrie Allan, charlotteobserver, "It may not cure your cold, but the hot toddy sure can warm your heart | Charlotte Observer," 23 Jan. 2018 The scene where Skerrett has a highland fling with a blond, bearded hunk is more than a wee bit full of hooey. — David Wiegand, San Francisco Chronicle, "PBS ‘Victoria’ wobbles in second season," 10 Jan. 2018 There was a whole lot of narrative hooey to explain the theme, which mostly had to do with caterpillars becoming butterflies, girls becoming women, et cetera. — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, "Anger Management at Prada and Moschino," 22 Sep. 2017 Contrary to the previous load of hooey dispensed by Junior and the first family, this dude was not a translator. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, "It Was Always About the Money," 18 July 2017 John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, and not the most substantial waffle in the breakfast buffet, has been particularly energetic in slinging this hooey at the American people. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, "You Are Now Free to Have No Health Insurance," 7 July 2017 And that 38 percent believes accusations that Trump's campaign conspired with Russian hackers and spies to influence the election's outcome -- and the FBI's investigation into Russian interference in the election -- are nothing but hooey. — Douglas Perry, OregonLive.com, "GOP leaders fear backlash from standing up to Donald Trump, says conservative former congressman: Commentary," 15 June 2017 But in all things there is a teaching moment and shocking the hooey out of your child is no exception. — Jenn Tylbon, WIRED, "Static Season Has Returned," 12 Nov. 2010These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'hooey.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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