Tripe - English meaning

noun

Senseless talk or writing; nonsense.

Usage examples:

She dismissed talk of plots as 'balderdash'

noun

Something that is stupid or not true

Usage examples:

"balderdash!" he spluttered indignantly.

noun

Foolish or deceptive talk; nonsense.

Usage examples:

I don't buy it—it's all a load of baloney

noun

Nonsense

Usage examples:

That’s a lot of baloney!

noun

The area on the outer surface of a ship's hull where the bottom curves to meet the vertical sides.

Usage examples:

The consensus is that the insured should have had a non-combustible tarpaulin or heat retardant bla…

verb

Break a hole in the bilge of (a ship).

Usage examples:

It is the responsibility of the government that it bilged the boat of democracy.

noun

Nonsense

Usage examples:

Don't talk such bilge!, the bilges had been pumped and the ship was ready to set sail once again.

noun

Talk which aims to charm, flatter, or persuade (often considered typical of irish people).

Usage examples:

It took all my irish blarney to keep us out of court

verb

Influence or persuade (someone) using charm and pleasant flattery.

Usage examples:

He went overboard in blarneying him into thinking that joe considered him a nice guy

noun

A friendly and pleasant way of talking that makes someone good at persuading people to do things

Usage examples:

Don't listen to any of his blarney!

verb

Talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense.

Usage examples:

She began blathering on about spirituality and life after death

noun

Long-winded talk with no real substance.

Usage examples:

All the blather coming out of washington about crime

verb

Talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense.

Usage examples:

There's plenty of stuff i could blether about from today

noun

Long-winded talk with no real substance.

Usage examples:

Some stupid blether about puns surrounding the beatles

noun

→  blather informal

noun

Nonsense; rubbish.

Usage examples:

That's a load of bosh

noun

An uncastrated male bovine animal.

Usage examples:

Bull calves

verb

Push or move powerfully or violently.

Usage examples:

He bulled the motor cycle clear of the tunnel

noun

A papal edict.

Usage examples:

The pope issued a bull of excommunication

noun

A narrow shelflike bed, typically one of two or more arranged one on top of the other.

Usage examples:

Some of the crew went off-shift, stringing up hybrid bunks and hammocks belowdecks, the others cont…

verb

Sleep in a bunk or improvised bed, typically in shared quarters.

Usage examples:

They bunk together in the dormitory

noun

Nonsense.

Usage examples:

Anyone with a brain cell would never believe such bunk

noun

Absurd or nonsensical talk or ideas.

Usage examples:

Such sentiments are just pious claptrap

noun

Silly talk that means nothing and should not be believed

Usage examples:

Don't believe a word of what he says. it's just a load of claptrap.

noun

Nonsense.

Usage examples:

Don't talk such drivel!

verb

Talk nonsense.

Usage examples:

He was drivelling on about the glory days

noun

Something written or said that is completely worthless; nonsense

Usage examples:

The papers are filled with drivel about movie stars.

noun

Cleansing lotion for a person's eye.

Usage examples:

Lillie tilley, who lives half a block from the fence line, gets eyewash by the boxful at the local …

noun

Unintelligible or meaningless speech or writing; nonsense.

Usage examples:

He talks gibberish

noun

Confused or meaningless speech or writing

Usage examples:

See if you can make out what he’s saying – it sounds like gibberish to me.

noun

Language that is meaningless or is made unintelligible by excessive use of technical terms.

Usage examples:

Reams of financial gobbledygook

noun

Language that sounds important and official but is difficult to understand

Usage examples:

This computer manual is gobbledygook.

noun

Foolish talk or ideas.

noun

(of speech or writing) nonsense

Usage examples:

All that talk about an economic crisis is a lot of guff.

noun

Nonsense.

Usage examples:

Trust me, these ‘get rich quick’ advertisements are pure bull, guff and hogwash!

noun

Nonsense, or words intended to deceive

Usage examples:

His answer was pure hogwash.

noun

Nonsense.

Usage examples:

The emphasis on family is pretentious hooey

noun

Something that is not true or does not make sense, although some people may believe it

Usage examples:

He basically says that the theory is all hooey., that's a bunch of hooey.

noun

Words that do not really mean anything or are not sincere

Usage examples:

His promises turned out to be a lot of hot air.

noun

An aircraft consisting of a very large bag filled with heated air or other gas, with a basket (= container) hanging under it in which people can ride

noun

Meaningless talk; nonsense.

Usage examples:

Don't give me that malarkey

noun

Silly behaviour or nonsense

Usage examples:

I like the socializing but i can't be bothered with dressing up and all that malarkey.

noun

Spoken or written words that have no meaning or make no sense.

Usage examples:

He was talking absolute nonsense

noun

Foolish words or actions

Usage examples:

Those accusations are pure/sheer nonsense., what’s all this nonsense about quitting school?

exclamation

Used to express disdain or disbelief.

Usage examples:

So phooey to sophistication

noun

Nonsense.

Usage examples:

They dismiss it all as movie phooey

exclamation

Used to express disappointment or to show you do not have much respect for something

noun

Nonsense.

Usage examples:

It's absolute piffle to say that violence is ok

noun

Nonsense

Usage examples:

Jo really does talk a lot of piffle sometimes.

noun

Nonsense.

Usage examples:

He said i was talking poppycock

noun

Nonsense

Usage examples:

He dismissed the allegations as poppycock.

noun

Waste material; refuse or litter.

Usage examples:

Householders may be charged for the removal of non-recyclable rubbish

verb

Criticize severely and reject as worthless.

Usage examples:

He rubbished the idea of a european community-wide carbon tax

adjective

Very bad; worthless or useless.

Usage examples:

People might say i was a rubbish manager

noun

A member of a pygmy people inhabiting parts of burundi, rwanda, and the democratic republic of congo (zaire).

Usage examples:

The maori of new zealand, the inuit of canada, the twa of rwanda - all these and more sent represen…

adjective

Relating to the twa.

Usage examples:

In may 2000, the rwandan national ballet toured the united states with hutu, tutsi, and twa perform…