baloney

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noun (1)

ba·​lo·​ney bə-ˈlō-nē 

less common spelling of bologna

: a large smoked sausage of beef, veal, and pork

also : a sausage made (as of turkey) to resemble bologna

baloney

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noun (2)

ba·​lo·​ney bə-ˈlō-nē 

variants or less commonly boloney

: pretentious nonsense : bunkum

—often used as a generalized expression of disagreement

Synonyms

Noun (2)

• applesauce [slang]
• balderdash
• beans
• bilge
• blah
• blah-blah
• blarney
• blather
• blatherskite
• blither
• bosh
• bull [slang]
• bunk
• bunkum
• buncombe
• claptrap
• codswallop [British]
• crapola [slang]
• crock
• drivel
• drool
• fiddle
• fiddle-faddle
• fiddlesticks
• flannel [British]
• flapdoodle
• folderol
• falderal
• folly
• foolishness
• fudge
• garbage
• guff
• hogwash
• hokeypokey
• hokum
• hoodoo
• hooey
• horsefeathers [slang]
• humbug
• humbuggery
• jazz
• malarkey
• malarky
• moonshine
• muck
• nerts [slang]
• nonsense
• nuts
• piffle
• poppycock
• punk
• rot
• rubbish
• senselessness
• silliness
• slush
• stupidity
• taradiddle
• tarradiddle
• tommyrot
• tosh
• trash
• trumpery
• twaddle

Examples of baloney in a Sentence

Noun (2)

just follow my orders, and stop the baloney

Word History

Etymology

Noun (2)

bologna

First Known Use

Noun (2)

1922, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing baloney

• phoney-baloney
• phony-baloney