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noun
- 1. senseless talk or writing; nonsense: "she dismissed talk of plots as 'balderdash'"
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Meaning of balderdash in English. balderdash. noun [ U ], exclamation. old-fashioned uk / ˈbɔːl.də.dæʃ / us / ˈbɑːl.dɚ.dæʃ / Add to word list. something that is stupid or not true: "Balderdash!" he spluttered indignantly. Synonyms. nonsense. piffle old-fashioned informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Nonsense. babble. balls.
a combat veteran himself, he could not believe the balderdash he was hearing from whippersnappers with no war experience at all. Recent Examples on the Web While schools do exist in rough tiers of selectivity, size, excellence, prestige and so forth, the idea of precise rankings is balderdash.
Balderdash definition: senseless, stupid, or exaggerated talk or writing; nonsense.. See examples of BALDERDASH used in a sentence.
Synonyms for BALDERDASH: nonsense, garbage, nuts, rubbish, silliness, stupidity, blah, drool; Antonyms of BALDERDASH: rationality, reasonableness, sense, common sense, sensibleness, horse sense, levelheadedness, reasonability.
noun [ U ], exclamation. old-fashioned us / ˈbɑːl.dɚ.dæʃ / uk / ˈbɔːl.də.dæʃ / Add to word list. something that is stupid or not true: "Balderdash!" he spluttered indignantly. Synonyms. nonsense. piffle old-fashioned informal. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Nonsense. babble. balls. baloney. bilge. blah. blather. blithering.
Balderdash is a rather out-of-date and archaic word now, with very British overtones. The sort of word a P.G. Wodehouse character might use. Use it in a light-hearted way, therefore, and about something that's pretty trivial. Serious concerns deserve a more serious word than balderdash.
If you say that something that has been said or written is balderdash, you think it is completely untrue or very stupid.
balderdash. ( ˈbɔːldəˌdæʃ) n. stupid or illogical talk; senseless rubbish. [C16: of unknown origin] Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014.
Unknown, possibly from the early English drink of wine mixed with beer or water or other substances that was sold cheaply. From Wiktionary. Possibly alteration of Medieval Latin balductum posset. From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
Definition of balderdash noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
