bosh

bosh  (bsh) Informal

n.

Nonsense.

interj.

Used to express disbelief or annoyance.

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[Turkish bo, empty.]

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bosh¹

n

Informal empty or meaningless talk or opinions; nonsense

[from Turkish boş empty]

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bosh²

n

1. (Engineering / Metallurgy) the lower tapering portion of a blast furnace, situated immediately above the air-inlet tuyères

2. (Engineering / Metallurgy) the deposit of siliceous material that occurs on the surfaces of vessels in which copper is refined

3. (Engineering / Metallurgy) a water tank for cooling glass-making tools, etc

4. South Wales dialect a kitchen sink or wash basin

[probably from German; compare böschen to slope, Böschung slope]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bosh - pretentious or silly talk or writing baloney, bilgewater, boloney, drool, humbug, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle, taradiddle, tarradiddle hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"

Translations

bosh [bɒʃ] N → tonterías fpl

bosh

n (dated inf) → Quatsch m (inf), → Quark m (dated inf)