Pronunciation: [ hawg-wosh ]
Definition: noun
1: refuse given to hogs; swill
2: meaningless or insincere talk, writing, etc.; nonsense; bunk
Origin: Mid 15th century; English
Etymology: from hog + wash; the original sense was ‘kitchen swill for pigs’
Usage:
Synonyms:
1:
swill
slop
rubbish
2:
nonsense
balderdash
gibberish
blarney
Antonyms:
1:
assets
possessions
2:
assets
sense
truth
Example:
1: The pigs were fed hogwash for dinner.
2: The nonsense coming out of the speaker's mouth was utter hogwash.