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(gʌf)
uncountable noun
If you say that what someone has said or written is guff, you think that it is nonsense.
[informal, disapproval]
Synonyms: nonsense, rubbish, malarkey, bull [slang] More Synonyms of guff

guff in British English

(ɡʌf)
noun
slang
ridiculous or insolent talk
Word origin
C19: imitative of empty talk; compare dialect Norwegian gufs puff of wind

guff in American English

(gʌf)
US
noun Slang
1. 
foolish talk; nonsense
2. 
brash or insolent talk
Word origin
echoic

Examples of 'guff' in a sentence
guff

And you just hear folk talking so much guff.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
This is all so much pious guff.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
What was all that guff about football hooligans?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
What is not true is the accompanying guff about nature in the city and blah blah.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
The story is the usual guff.
The Sun (2014)
Amid all the guff spoken about ground facilities, this key factor is too often overlooked.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
As to all that guff about strength and confidence, red lipstick is actually a monumental pain in the neck.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
FORGET the guff about patient safety.
The Sun (2016)
A bit different to her usual rom-com guff then.
The Sun (2011)
Or had the Academy pulled off their usual trick of ignoring great cinema and handing out the prizes to a load of sentimental old guff?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
We'll sit and watch any old guff, in our millions.
The Sun (2012)
Surely all that guff about England players freezing with fear on the big stage didn't get to them?
The Sun (2016)
What was all that guff about choosing whether'to build the infrastructure our economy needs or letting it decay '?
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
(noun) 
Definition
ridiculous talk
(informal) 
These commercials are all guff.
Synonyms
nonsense
Most orthodox doctors, however, dismiss this theory as complete nonsense.
rubbish
He's talking rubbish.
malarkey
balls (taboo, slang)
bull (slang)
shit (taboo, slang)
This is a load of shit.
rot
You do talk rot!
crap (slang)
garbage (informal)
I personally think the story is complete garbage.
trash
Don't read that awful trash.
bullshit (taboo, slang)
hot air (informal)
His justification for the merger was just hot air.
tosh (slang, mainly British)
pap
cobblers (British, taboo, slang)
bilge (informal)
I supported the family by writing bilge for popular magazines.
humbug
She argued that the law on this matter was hypocritical humbug.
drivel
What absolute drivel!
tripe (informal)
I've never heard such a load of tripe in all my life.
moonshine
The story is pure moonshine.
hogwash (informal)
That's a load of hogwash.
hokum (slang, mainly US, Canadian)
piffle (informal)
He talks such a load of piffle.
poppycock (informal)
Experts dismiss this explanation as poppycock.
balderdash
What a load of balderdash!
bosh (informal)
eyewash (informal)
kak (South Africa, vulgar, slang)
Now you're just talking kak.
empty talk
tommyrot
horsefeathers (US, slang)
bunkum or buncombe
bizzo (Australian, slang)
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)

Additional synonyms

in the sense of balderdash
Definition
stupid or illogical talk
What a load of balderdash!
Synonyms
nonsense,
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
rubbish,
shit (taboo, slang),
rot,
crap (slang),
garbage (informal),
trash,
bunk (informal),
bullshit (taboo, slang),
hot air (informal),
tosh (slang, British),
waffle,
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
malarkey,
drivel,
twaddle,
tripe (informal),
gibberish,
guff (slang),
moonshine,
claptrap (informal),
hogwash,
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang),
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
piffle (informal),
poppycock (informal),
bosh (informal),
eyewash (informal),
kak (South Africa, taboo, slang),
tommyrot,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
bunkum or buncombe
in the sense of bilge
Definition
nonsense
I supported the family by writing bilge for popular magazines.
Synonyms
trash,
rubbish,
rot (informal),
garbage (informal),
tosh (slang, British),
trivia,
drivel,
twaddle,
tripe (informal),
dross,
moonshine,
hogwash (informal),
bunkum or buncombe
in the sense of drivel
Definition
foolish talk
What absolute drivel!
Synonyms
nonsense,
rubbish,
garbage,
malarkey (informal),
balls (taboo, slang),
bull (slang),
shit (taboo, slang),
rot,
crap (slang),
trash,
bunk (informal),
blah (slang),
bullshit (taboo, slang),
hot air (informal),
tosh (slang, British),
waffle (informal, British),
prating,
pap,
cobblers (British, taboo, slang),
bilge (informal),
twaddle,
tripe (informal),
dross,
gibberish,
guff (slang),
moonshine,
malarkey,
hogwash (informal),
hokum (slang, US, Canadian),
piffle (informal),
poppycock (informal),
balderdash,
bosh (informal),
eyewash (informal),
tommyrot,
horsefeathers (US, slang),
bunkum or buncombe,
bizzo (Australian, slang),
bull's wool (Australian, New Zealand, slang)

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