guff

(gŭf)
n. Slang

1. Nonsense; baloney.
2. Insolent talk; back talk.

[Perhaps imitative.]

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noun
noun, orig US

Empty talk; nonsense. (1888 —) .
Crescendo The sleeve-notes give us a lot of guff about getting with it and so on and tell us nothing constructive (1966).

[From earlier sense, puff, whiff; of imitative origin.]

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vrøvl, pladder, sludder, bavl

Nederlands (Dutch)
waardeloos geklets

Français (French)
n. - sottises

Deutsch (German)
n. - (ugs.) Unsinn

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (καθομ.) αερολογίες

Italiano (Italian)
frottola

Português (Portuguese)
n. - conversa (f) tola, disparate (m)

Русский (Russian)
пустая болтовня

Español (Spanish)
n. - farsa, patraña, charla tonta o insolente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - snack

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
胡说, 废话, 瞎扯

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 胡說, 廢話, 瞎扯

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 말도 안 되는 소리, 넌센스

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ばか話, 口答え

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) هراء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שטויות, הבלים‬

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