noun · uncountable · rare

hogwash

грек, гречанка, грекиня

помои

(einen) Scheiß

Foolish talk or writingFoolish talk or writing; nonsense.

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UK/ˈhɒɡ.wɒʃ/US/ˈhɔɡ.wɑʃ/

» I think that's a lot of hogwash.

Ich halte das für einen Riesenquatsch.

Meaning

2 senses

(figuratively, informal, uncountable, usually)Foolish talk or writing; nonsense.
Quatsch, Unsinn
бред си́вой кобы́лыbred sívoj kobýly, вздорvzdor, ерунда́jerundá
(uncountable, usually)A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs; swill.
помо́иpomói

More definitions

unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

Examples

6 sentences

I think that's a lot of hogwash.
deIch halte das für einen Riesenquatsch.
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I think it's hogwash.
ruПо-моему, это чушь.
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I think that's hogwash.
ruПо-моему, это бред собачий.
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That's a bunch of hogwash.
deDas ist ein Riesenquatsch.
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This is hogwash.
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Translations

6 languages

Русский

By meaning 2

nonsense:

scraps fed to pigs:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

nonsense:

Origin

From Middle English *hoggewasch (found only as Middle English hoggyswasch (“refuse of the

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.

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