Sekirov Dictionary

balderdash

/ˈbɔːldə.dæʃ/

noun 3
verb 1
forms 3

noun3

•
Senseless talk or writing; nonsense.
- Where, you cried in the name of Wonder, have you been able to gather together such an old fashioned Bundlement of Scientific Balderdash? — 1765
•
(no longer used) A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.
- [T]hey would no more liue vnder the yoke of the Sea, or haue their heads washt with his bubbly spume or Barbers balderdash, [...] — 1599
(no longer used) Obscene language or writing.

verb1

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(no longer used) To mix or adulterate.
- That which is made by the peasants, both red and white, is generally genuine: but the wine-merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and even mix it with pigeons dung and quick-lime. — 1766

forms

balderdashed · balderdashing · balderdashes

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