Meaning

1 senses

  1. (informal)Nonsense; rubbish.

    I decided it was a bunch of malarkey and stopped reading about halfway through.

    Blödsinn, Humbug, Kappes

    чушьčušʹ, чепухаčepuxa

More definitions
  • empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk

Examples

5 sentences

  1. I think that's a lot of malarkey.

    deIch halte das für einen Riesenquatsch.

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  2. Personally, I think that's a bunch of malarkey.

    deIch persönlich halte das für einen Riesenquatsch.

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  3. That's a bunch of malarkey.

    deDas ist ein Riesenquatsch.

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  4. What a bunch of malarkey!

    deWas für ein Quatsch!

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  5. Joe's speech was a bunch of malarkey.

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
nonsense; rubbish — see also nonsense:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
nonsense; rubbish — see also nonsense:

Origin

Of unknown origin; the word was popularized by the Irish-American cartoonist Thomas Aloysi

Of unknown origin; the word was popularized by the Irish-American cartoonist Thomas Aloysius (“Tad”) Dorgan (1877–1929), who started using it in cartoons on March 9, 1922.

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Forms

plural: malarkeys

Synonyms

133 synonyms
bullB1dribbleC2garbageA1gossipB1humbugB2jargonC2junkA2nonsenseB1rubbishB1stuffA2trashB1absurdityall my eyeall my eye and Betty Martin
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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