hooey

n. Slang
Nonsense: "the romantic hooey that always sold women's cosmetics" (Jerry Adler).

[Origin unknown.]

noun

Something that does not have or make sense: balderdash, blather, bunkum, claptrap, drivel, garbage, idiocy, nonsense, piffle, poppycock, rigmarole, rubbish, tomfoolery, trash, twaddle. Informal tommyrot. Slang applesauce, baloney, bilge, bull¹, bunk², crap, malarkey. See knowledge/ignorance.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: senseless talk
  Synonyms: stuff, stuff and nonsense, poppycock

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Hooey

Dansk (Danish)
n. - vrøvl, sludder, nonsens
int. - vrøvle, sludre

Nederlands (Dutch)
onzin, larie, klets

Français (French)
n. - (US) bobards, idioties, salades (fam)
int. - des sornettes (excl), des bêtises (excl)

Deutsch (German)
int. - Quatsch
n. - Quatsch

Ελληνική (Greek)
int. - (ΗΠΑ) βλακείες, σαχλαμάρες
n. - (ΗΠΑ) βλακείες, σαχλαμάρες

Italiano (Italian)
fesserie

Português (Portuguese)
int. - Uuhhh!
n. - bobagem (f) (gír.)

Русский (Russian)
чушь

Español (Spanish)
n. - ¡tonterías!, parloteo, charla sin sentido
int. - ¡tonterías!

Svenska (Swedish)
int. - skitsnack!
n. - skitprat

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
胡言乱语, 傻事

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 胡言亂語, 傻事

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 허튼 소리
int. - 바보 같으니!

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ばかな事, たわごと, ばかな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(نداء) في المخاطبه هراء ! (الاسم) الهراء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שטויות‬

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