baloney

ba·lo·ney ¹

 (bə-lō′nē)

n. pl. ba·lo·neys

Variant of bologna.

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ba·lo·ney ²

also bo·lo·ney  (bə-lō′nē)Slang

n.

Nonsense.

interj.

Used to express disagreement or exasperation.

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[Alteration (influenced by baloney) of bullshit.]

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baloney

(bəˈləʊnɪ) or

boloney

n

1. informal foolish talk; nonsense

2. (Cookery) chiefly US another name for bologna sausage

[C20: changed from Bologna (sausage)]

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ba•lo•ney

or bo•lo•ney

(bəˈloʊ ni)

n.

1. Slang. foolishness; nonsense.

2. bologna.

interj.

3. Slang. nonsense.

[1915–20, Amer.]

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Thesaurus

Noun

1.

baloney - pretentious or silly talk or writing bilgewater, boloney, bosh, 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"

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baloney

noun

Slang. Something that does not have or make sense:

balderdash, blather, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle.

Informal: tommyrot.

Slang: applesauce, bilge, bull, bunk, crap, hooey, malarkey.

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Translations

KäseQuatsch

nonsensonzin

колбасня

baloney

(esp US) [bəˈləʊnɪ] N → tonterías fpl, chorradas fpl (Sp)

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baloney

[bəˈləʊni] (mainly US) n (= rubbish, garbage) → balivernes fpl

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

baloney

n

(inf) → Stuss m (inf), → Quatsch m (inf); she gave me some baloney about having had a difficult childhood → sie faselte was von einer schwierigen Kindheit (inf)

(US: = sausage) → Mortadella f

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baloney

[bəˈləʊnɪ] n (Am) (fam) → sciocchezze fpl, stupidaggini fpl

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