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noun, something that has or makes no sense; unintelligible language; drivel
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nonsense
- 1) noun, something that has or makes no sense; unintelligible language; drivel
- 2) noun, conduct or action that is absurd
- 3) noun, foolish or evasive behaviour or manners
- 4) noun, See no-nonsense
- 5) noun, things of little or no value or importance; trash
- 6) interjection, an exclamation of disagreement
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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folly, rubbish, hot air (informal), waffle (informal chiefly Brit.), twaddle, pants (slang), rot, crap (slang), garbage (informal), trash, bunk (informal), tosh (slang chiefly Brit.), rhubarb, pap, foolish, bilge (informal), drivel, tripe (informal), gibberish, guff (slang), bombast, moonshine, claptrap (informal), hogwash, hokum (slang chiefly U.S. Canad.), blather, double Dutch (Brit. informal), piffle (informal), poppycock (informal), balderdash, bosh (informal), eyewash (informal), tommyrot, bizzo (Austral. slang), idiocy, stupidity, silly, inanity, senseless, ridiculous, ludicrous, fatuity
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