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单词 codswallop
释义

codswallop

noun

cods·​wal·​lop ˈkȯdz-ˌwä-ləp How to pronounce codswallop (audio)
ˈkädz-
British, informal
: words or ideas that are foolish or untrue : nonsense
The notion that Scott was waylaid by bad luck is "a lot of codswallop," said Roland Huntford, a British historian. Kenneth Chang
"Some say he died. Codswallop, in my opinion …" J. K. Rowling
… I muttered, "Yes, that's right," knowing all the while that it was a load of codswallop. Steven Pinker

Synonyms

  • applesauce [slang]
  • balderdash
  • baloney
  • boloney
  • beans
  • bilge
  • blah
  • blah-blah
  • blarney
  • blather
  • blatherskite
  • blither
  • bosh
  • bull [slang]
  • bunk
  • bunkum
  • buncombe
  • claptrap
  • 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
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Example Sentences

That is a load of codswallop. a trendy London restaurant serving bizarre concoctions that anyone with a brain and a stomach would dismiss as codswallop
Recent Examples on the Web Great story, total codswallop, says Skaife, who has pored through the archives and found zip. William Booth, The Seattle Times, 26 Oct. 2018 And don’t forget codswallop, a word that sounds Shakespearean but was coined in 1959. Stephen Miller, WSJ, 29 May 2018 Mnuchin tried to double-talk this codswallop past SPW. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 19 May 2017

Word History

Etymology

origin unknown

First Known Use

1959, in the meaning defined above

codswallop

noun

British
as in nonsense
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense a trendy London restaurant serving bizarre concoctions that anyone with a brain and a stomach would dismiss as codswallop

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • nonsense
  • rubbish
  • garbage
  • nuts
  • blah
  • twaddle
  • stupidity
  • silliness
  • bunkum
  • drool
  • hogwash
  • poppycock
  • tosh
  • claptrap
  • balderdash
  • piffle
  • bunk
  • hooey
  • hokum
  • guff
  • baloney
  • malarkey
  • muck
  • jazz
  • flapdoodle
  • crock
  • beans
  • trash
  • tommyrot
  • foolishness
  • malarky
  • drivel
  • blatherskite
  • bilge
  • folderol
  • blather
  • fudge
  • blither
  • trumpery
  • bull
  • fiddlesticks
  • craziness
  • boloney
  • horsefeathers
  • insanity
  • humbuggery
  • blarney
  • rot
  • crapola
  • punk
  • falderal
  • bosh
  • fiddle
  • madness
  • buncombe
  • humbug
  • fiddle-faddle
  • blah-blah
  • absurdity
  • tarradiddle
  • applesauce
  • folly
  • taradiddle
  • hoodoo
  • nerts
  • moonshine
  • idiocy
  • senselessness
  • flannel
  • hokeypokey
  • greek
  • absurdness
  • slush
  • inanity
  • tomfoolery
  • lunacy
  • imbecility
  • fatuity
  • foolery
  • asininity
  • witlessness
  • gas
  • kookiness
  • rigmarole
  • inaneness
  • monkey business
  • shenanigan(s)
  • rigamarole
  • hoity-toity
  • monkeyshine(s)
  • hot air
  • hocus-pocus
  • double-talk

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • sensibleness
  • reasonableness
  • rationality
  • sense
  • reasonability
  • levelheadedness
  • judgement
  • wisdom
  • horse sense
  • discernment
  • judgment
  • common sense
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