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View usage for: (muːnʃaɪn) 1. uncountable nounMoonshine is whisky that is made illegally. [mainly US] 2. uncountable nounIf you say that someone's thoughts, ideas, or comments are moonshine, you think they are foolish and not based on reality. [disapproval] As Morison remarks, the story is pure moonshine. More Synonyms of moonshine moonshine in British English (ˈmuːnˌʃaɪn) noun1. another word for moonlight (sense 1) 2. US and Canadian illegally distilled or smuggled whisky or other spirit 3. foolish talk or thought moonshine in American English (ˈmunˌʃaɪn) noun2. foolish or empty talk, notions, plans, etc.; nonsense 3. Informalb. US whiskey unlawfully distilled; often, specif., such whiskey made from corn and not matured in barrels Examples of 'moonshine' in a sentencemoonshine Definition illegally distilled or smuggled whisky a bottle of moonshine Synonyms bootleg poteen (Scottish, Irish) hooch or hootch (informal, mainly US, Canadian) Definition foolish or nonsensical talk or thought The story is pure moonshine. Synonyms pants (slang) gas (informal) tosh (slang, mainly British) havers (Scottish) malarkey blether bosh (informal) stuff and nonsense foolish talk tarradiddle bunkum or buncombe bizzo (Australian, slang) bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Additional synonymsAnyone knows that this is all blather. Synonyms nonsense, gossip, chatter, hot air, malarkey (informal), waffle (informal, British), pap, bilge (informal), drivel, twaddle, gibberish, guff (slang), tattle, moonshine, jabbering, jabber, verbiage, gabble, claptrap (informal), gobbledegook, hogwash (informal), bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang), hokum (slang, US, Canadian), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), inanity, blether (Scottish), bunkum or buncombe Synonyms jabbering, pap, drivel, twaddle, gibberish, moonshine, jabber, claptrap (informal), gobbledegook, blatherHenry Ford's opinion was that `history is bunk'. Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, shit (taboo, slang), rot, crap (slang), garbage (informal), trash, bullshit (taboo, slang), balls (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), twaddle, tripe (informal), guff (slang), havers (Scottish), moonshine, malarkey, baloney (informal), hogwash, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang), hokum (slang, US, Canadian), piffle (informal), tomfoolery, poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), kak (South Africa, vulgar, slang), stuff and nonsense, hooey (slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), tarradiddle - mood
- moody
- moon
- moonshine
- moor
- moot
- mop
Additional synonymsDefinition foolish or pretentious talk He talks a lot of pretentious claptrap. Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, rot (informal), crap (slang), garbage (informal), trash, bunk (informal), bullshit (taboo, slang), balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), flannel (British, informal), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), humbug, drivel, malarkey, twaddle, tripe (informal), affectation, guff (slang), blarney, bombast, moonshine, fabrication, insincerity, hogwash (informal), hokum (slang, US, Canadian), bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), rodomontade (literary), bunkum or buncombe Definition ridiculous talk These commercials are all guff. Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, malarkey, balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), rot, crap (slang), garbage (informal), trash, bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), humbug, drivel, tripe (informal), moonshine, hogwash (informal), hokum (slang, US, Canadian), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), kak (South Africa, vulgar, slang), empty talk, tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition nonsense That's a load of hogwash. Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, malarkey, garbage (informal), balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), rot, crap (slang), trash, bunk (informal), bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), guff (slang), moonshine, hokum (slang, US, Canadian), bunkum, piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), kak (South Africa, taboo, slang), hooey (slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition empty and usually boastful talk His justification for the merger was just hot air. Synonyms empty talk, rant, guff (slang), bombast, wind, gas (informal), verbiage, claptrap (informal), blather, bunkum, blether, bosh (informal), tall talk (informal) Definition nonsense He talks such a load of piffle. Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, garbage (informal), malarkey, hot air (informal), balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), pants (informal), rot, crap (slang), trash, bunk (informal), bullshit (taboo, slang), tosh (slang, British), bollocks (British, taboo, slang), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), guff (slang), moonshine, hogwash (informal), hokum (slang, US, Canadian), bunkum, codswallop (British, slang), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), hooey (slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), tarradiddle, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition foolish words or speech He's talking rubbish. Synonyms nonsense, garbage (US), drivel, malarkey, twaddle, balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), pants (slang), rot, crap (slang), trash, bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), bollocks (British, taboo, slang), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), tripe (informal), gibberish, guff (slang), havers (Scottish), moonshine, claptrap (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, US, Canadian), codswallop (British, slang), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), wack (US, slang), eyewash (informal), stuff and nonsense, flapdoodle (slang), tommyrot, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition foolish ideas or talk Don't read that awful trash. Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, garbage (informal), rot, balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), pants (slang), crap (slang), bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), drivel, twaddle, tripe (informal), guff (slang), moonshine, hogwash (informal), malarkey, hokum (slang, US, Canadian), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), inanity, balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), kak (South Africa, vulgar, slang), trumpery, tommyrot, foolish talk, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition nonsense or rubbish I've never heard such a load of tripe in all my life. Synonyms nonsense, rot (old-fashioned), trash, twaddle, balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), rubbish, shit (taboo, slang), pants (slang), crap (slang), garbage (informal), bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), bollocks (British, taboo, slang), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), drivel, guff (slang), moonshine, claptrap (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, US, Canadian), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), inanity, balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), trumpery, tommyrot, foolish talk, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) Definition silly, trivial, or pretentious talk or writing He was baffled by the intellectual twaddle. Synonyms nonsense, rubbish, rot (informal), garbage (informal), balls (taboo, slang), bull (slang), shit (taboo, slang), pants (slang), gossip, crap (slang), trash, chatter, bullshit (taboo, slang), hot air (informal), tosh (slang, British), waffle (informal, British), pap, cobblers (British, taboo, slang), bilge (informal), drivel, tripe (informal), guff (slang), tattle, moonshine, verbiage, gabble, claptrap (informal), gobbledegook (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang, US, Canadian), rigmarole, blather, piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), inanity, balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), trumpery, tommyrot, foolish talk, horsefeathers (US, slang), bunkum or buncombe, bizzo (Australian, slang), bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang) |