Dictionary

hogwash en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhɑɡ.wɑʃ/ (cot-caught-merger)
• /ˈhɒɡ.wɒʃ/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈhɔɡ.wɑʃ/ (General-American)
• (US) audio cot-caught

Etymology

From Middle English *hoggewasch (found only as Middle English hoggyswasch (“refuse of the kitchen for feeding pigs”, literally “hog's wash”)), equivalent to hog + wash.

Meanings

1. (figuratively, informal, uncountable, usually) Foolish talk or writing; nonsense.
   • We have more faith in the average American than that. It’s not true that Americans love hogwash— it’s that hogwash inundates Americans, whether they want it or not! Some Americans want the truth— they just haven’t been able to find it because it is drowned out by hogwash. 2016, T. Colin Campbell, Thomas M. Campbell, The China Study: Revised and Expanded Edition, BenBella Books, Inc., page 214:
   • Diplomatic hogwash aside, ‘efficiency and effectiveness’ have nothing to do with the shutting of the Consulate. The decision is but a continuation of successive US measures aimed at “taking Jerusalem off the table” – as per Trump’s own words - of any future negotiations. 2019 March 14, Ramzy Baroud, “Chasing mirages: What are Palestinians doing to combat ‘Deal of the Century’?”, in Ma'an News, archived from the original on 30 Mar 2019:
2. (qualifier:literal, uncountable, usually) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs; swill.

Forms

Relateds

Derived terms of wash · pigwash · pigswill from swill

Synonyms

double Dutch · piffle · stuff and nonsense · shite · gup · eyewash · batcrap · Irish bull · hogwash · blather · horse hockey · garble · hokum · squit · balls · rot · clamjamfrey · foolishness · jabberwocky · malarkey · fiddle-faddle · blah-blah-blah · flim-flam · gobbledygook · bobbins · framis · meaninglessness · shit · hooey · pie in the sky · jive · bullspeak · mumbo jumbo · horse piss · balderdash · blah · garbage · santorum · wass · bullshit · codswallop · bull feathers · hocus-pocus · bull · bollocks · drivel · gibberish · all my eye and Betty Martin · prattle · horsefeathers · bunk · bullcrap · bullshit · crap · ruse · flummery · lallation · dribble · jimjam · hoax · banana oil · macaroni · baloney · bulldust · tommy-rot · put-on · Greek · rigmarole · trittle trattle · moonshine · jabber · twaddle · horseshit · horse puckey · blah-blah · crock · applesauce · galimatias · word salad · flapdoodle · doublespeak · humbug · bunkum · fuckry · hogshit · slop · skimble-skamble · bosh · all my eye · gash · fuckery · nonsense · Bandini · tush · junk · nertz · rhubarb rhubarb · apple grease · double talk · rhubarb · stuff · jargon · trash · pigswill · crock of shit · Gallophone · rubbish · slops · blatherskite · swill · guff · baragouin · claptrap · footle · whiff-whaff · fudge · poppycock · manure · bushwah · cobblers · batshit · bilgewater · horse cock · bafflegab · jibber-jabber · flizz · gossip · BS · absurdity · folderol · tripe · gibber · tosh

Translations (42)

es sinsentido (nonsense) · ru помо́и (scraps fed to pigs) · el κουραφέξαλα (nonsense) · yi שטותים (nonsense) · ota صاچمه (nonsense) · fi hölynpöly (nonsense) · cmn 泔水 (scraps fed to pigs) · fr boniment (nonsense) · eo nekompreneblaĵo (nonsense) · it cazzata (nonsense) · fi pötypuhe (nonsense) · it avanzi (scraps fed to pigs) · eo volapukaĵo (nonsense) · es bazofia (scraps fed to pigs) · sk zvyšky (scraps fed to pigs) · it minchiata (nonsense) · it pastone (scraps fed to pigs) · yi קוואַטש (nonsense) · it intruglio (scraps fed to pigs) · it sbobba (scraps fed to pigs) · ru глу́пости (nonsense) · ru бред си́вой кобы́лы (nonsense) · sk pomyje (scraps fed to pigs) · es paparruchas (nonsense) · ru ерунда́ (nonsense) · es tonterías (nonsense) · ru фигня́ (nonsense) · bg помия (scraps fed to pigs) · fr baratin (nonsense) · sv strunt (nonsense) · it stupidaggine (nonsense) · de Unsinn (nonsense) · ru вздор (nonsense) · bg глу́пости (nonsense) · nl prietpraat (nonsense) · eo stultaĵo (nonsense) · yi נאַרישקייטן (nonsense) · it corbelleria (nonsense) · pt disparate (nonsense) · ca absurditat (nonsense) · de Quatsch (nonsense) · io sensencajo (nonsense)