Synonyms
- applesauce [slang]
- balderdash
- baloney
- boloney
- 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
- 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 hogwash in a Sentence
You wouldn't believe the hogwash he was spouting at us.
the librarian told us a lot of hogwash about how you can go to jail for having overdue books
Recent Examples on the Web
The Reynolds administration has been something of a one-stop shop for this kind hogwash that’s blind to the consequences of loosening child labor laws.
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
And any mention of the actor and composer as porcines of interest would be pure hogwash.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 11 June 2023
Bluntly, this is hogwash.
—Tim Reynolds, ajc, 7 May 2022
But that's hogwash, experts say.
—Kelly Dinardo, Health.com, 5 Jan. 2022
Film music historians agree that this is hogwash.
—Adrian Daub, Longreads, 3 Sep. 2021
Which is pure hogwash.
—Star Tribune, 30 Nov. 2020
The latter hogwash led to a deeply disappointing number of online videos of people sticking metal objects to themselves.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2023
That’s just hogwash.
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 30 Aug. 2022
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Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
And any mention of the actor and composer as porcines of interest would be pure hogwash.
—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 11 June 2023
Bluntly, this is hogwash.
—Tim Reynolds, ajc, 7 May 2022
But that's hogwash, experts say.
—Kelly Dinardo, Health.com, 5 Jan. 2022
Film music historians agree that this is hogwash.
—Adrian Daub, Longreads, 3 Sep. 2021
Which is pure hogwash.
—Star Tribune, 30 Nov. 2020
The latter hogwash led to a deeply disappointing number of online videos of people sticking metal objects to themselves.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 23 Mar. 2023
That’s just hogwash.
—Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 30 Aug. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of hogwash was
in the 15th century
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“Hogwash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hogwash. Accessed 8 Dec. 2023.
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hogwash
noun
hog·wash
ˈhȯg-ˌwȯsh 
ˈhäg-,
-ˌwäsh
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