ZebraWords.com - The Definition of 'Balderdash', Synonyms of 'Balderdash' & More on 'Balderdash'

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

balderdash
    n 1: trivial nonsense [syn: balderdash, fiddle-faddle,
         piffle]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Balderdash \Bal"der*dash\, n. [Of uncertain origin: cf. Dan.
   balder noise, clatter, and E. dash; hence, perhaps, unmeaning
   noise, then hodgepodge, mixture; or W. baldorduss a
   prattling, baldordd, baldorddi, to prattle.]
   1. A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.
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            Indeed beer, by a mixture of wine, hath lost both
            name and nature, and is called balderdash. --Taylor
                                                  (Drink and
                                                  Welcome).
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   2. Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Balderdash \Bal"der*dash\, v. t.
   To mix or adulterate, as liquors.
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         The wine merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and
         even
         mix it with pigeon's dung and quicklime. --Smollett.
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Thesaurus Results for Balderdash:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

absurdity, amphigory, babble, babblement, bibble-babble, bilge, blabber, blather, bombast, bombastry, bosh, bushwa, claptrap, double-talk, drivel, drool, eyewash, fiddle-faddle, fiddledeedee, flummery, folderol, fudge, fustian, gabble, galimatias, gammon, gibber, gibberish, gibble-gabble, gobbledygook, highfalutin, hocus-pocus, hot air, humbug, jabber, jargon, malarkey, mumbo jumbo, narrishkeit, niaiserie, nonsense, pack of nonsense, palaver, prate, prattle, rant, rigamarole, rigmarole, rodomontade, rot, rubbish, skimble-skamble, stuff and nonsense, stultiloquence, trash, trumpery, twaddle, twattle, twiddle-twaddle, vaporing, waffling

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