Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic)To mix or adulterate.

Examples

2 sentences

  1. This is utterly balderdash.

    ruЭто полнейший вздор. — RusVictoric1993

    thunderbreak · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. Balderdash and piffle!

    ruЧепуха на постном масле! — Ooneykcall

    deQuatsch mit Soße! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

    sundown · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FR · C2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

Unknown, possibly from the early English drink of wine mixed with beer or water or other s

Unknown, possibly from the early English drink of wine mixed with beer or water or other substances that was sold cheaply.

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Forms

balderdashes, balderdashing, balderdashed, balderdashed
Base formbalderdash · to balderdash
3rd person singularbalderdashes
Present participlebalderdashing
Past simplebalderdashed
Past participlebalderdashed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theybalderdash
he, she, itbalderdashes

Past simpleLesson

all personsbalderdashed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave balderdashed
he, she, ithas balderdashed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill balderdash

Synonyms

26 synonyms
adulterateC2corruptB2dashB2blendB1combineB1involveB1mingleC1mixA2abaseadulteradmixsophisticateadulterizealloy

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
balconyA2baldC1baldnessbalebalk

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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