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n. Slang

Nonsense: "the romantic hooey that always sold women's cosmetics" (Jerry Adler).

[Origin unknown.]

hooey [ˈhuːɪ]

n & interj

Slang nonsense; rubbish

[of unknown origin]

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Noun

hooey - senseless talk; "don't give me that stuff"

poppycock, stuff and nonsense, stuff

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

hooey [ˈhuːɪ] N → música f celestial

hooey

n (dated inf) → Gelabere nt (inf), → Quatsch m (inf)

hooey [ˈhuːɪ] n (fam) → fesserie fpl

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argot bunk cant grandiloquent hogwash hokum jargon lingo meaninglessness nonsense nonsensicality overblown patois piffle pompous pontifical poppycock portentous slang			If that's true, it would suggest that the business world is just a load of old hooey. MY LIFE; My Place by The Journal (Newcastle, England) However, the self-celebrating I'm That Chick is, frankly, old hooey on toast. MUSIC: A WINNING FORMULA; CD OF THE WEEK by The Mirror (London, England) He added: "All of that stuff about repossessions was a lot of hooey, a moral crusade dreamt up against the repossession industry. IT'S NOT ILLEGAL ..JUST IMMORAL; EXCLUSIVE Estate agent admits deals ... by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland)			hooded coat hooded crow Hooded gull hooded ladies' tresses hooded merganser hooded pitcher plant hooded seal hooded sheldrake hooded skunk Hooded snake Hooded tern Hooded warbler hoodia hoodie Hooding end Hoodless hoodlum Hoodman hoodman-blind hoodmold hoodmould hoodoo hoodooism hoodwink Hoody hooey hoof hoof it hoof mark hoof-and-mouth disease hoof-mark hoofbeat hoofbound hoofed hoofed mammal hoofer hoofing Hoofless hooflike hoofmark hoofprint Hooft Hoogh Hooghly hook hook and eye Hook bill hook check Hook ladder hook line and sinker Hook motion			hoodooism hoodoos hoodoos hoods hoods hoods hoods hoods hoods Hoodview Amateur Radio Club hoodwink hoodwink hoodwink hoodwink into hoodwink out of hoodwinked hoodwinked hoodwinked hoodwinker hoodwinker hoodwinker hoodwinking hoodwinking hoodwinking hoodwinks hoodwinks hoodwinks Hoodwort Hoody Hooe hooey hoof hoof hoof hoof hoof hoof abscess hoof abscess hoof abscess hoof abscess Hoof and mouth Hoof and mouth Hoof and mouth Hoof and mouth Hoof and mouth disease Hoof and mouth disease Hoof and mouth disease Hoof and mouth disease Hoof and mouth disease hoof avulsion hoof avulsion hoof avulsion hoof avulsion hoof bar hoof bar hoof bar hoof bar hoof bar hoof bar hoof block hoof block

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