Codswallop
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈkɒdzˌwɒl.əp/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Codswallop is a noun meaning (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Senseless talk or writing; nonsense; rubbish.
Meaning
(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Senseless talk or writing; nonsense; rubbish.
More Meanings
- (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, slang) Used to express disbelief: nonsense!; rubbish!
Example Sentences
Tony: I was not. Sidney: Don’t give me that old codswallop. You were counting your money.
Just branding a programme as ‘rubbish’, ‘tripe’, or—there are a lot of these—‘codswallop’, gives little indication of what moved the viewer to write.
1993, J. Neville Turner, The One-Day Game – Cricket or Codswallop?, in 2001, David John Headon, The Best Ever Australian Sports Writing: A 200 Year Collection.
“I′ve told you all I know,” Rosa Armaz told Boarski and Yermin, “I don′t know what my husband has been doing. He′d mentioned going to Mars with the children but I thought it was a load of codswallop.”
Word Forms
- cod's wallop
- cods wallop
Synonyms for codswallop
Depending on context, synonyms include hogswallop, absurdity, applesauce, bafflegab, balderdash, balls.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include hogwash, poppycock, balderdash, rubbish, nonsense, tosh.
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