"baloney" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bəˈləʊni/ [UK], /bəˈloʊni/ [Canada, US], /bəˈləʉni/ [General-Australian] Audio: en-au-baloney.ogg Forms: baloneys [plural]
Rhymes: -əʊni Etymology: Phonetic spelling of bologna. Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} baloney (countable and uncountable, plural baloneys)
  1. A type of sausage; bologna. Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: Bologna sausage, mortadella, polony Translations (type of smoked sausage): mortadel·la [feminine] (Catalan), lauantaimakkara (english: similar sausage sold in Finland) (Finnish), Fleischwurst [feminine] (German), Mortadella [feminine] (German), Lyoner [feminine] (German), párizsi (Hungarian), parizer (Hungarian), mortadella (Hungarian), mortadella [feminine] (Italian), бекер сөз (beker söz) [feminine] (Kyrgyz), болбогон нерсе (bolbogon nerse) [feminine] (Kyrgyz), murtadella (Neapolitan), murtatella (Neapolitan), mortadela [feminine] (Portuguese), mortadela [feminine] (Spanish)
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: boloney, bologna
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Etymology: Origin unclear. Perhaps from the Polari slang word balonie. Alternatively, perhaps simply from bologna (“sausage”), possibly used as a minced oath for bullshit. Etymology templates: {{der|en|pld|-}} Polari Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} baloney (uncountable)
  1. (uncountable, chiefly US, slang) Nonsense. Tags: US, slang, uncountable Categories (topical): Sausages Synonyms: balonie [UK] Derived forms: baloney pony, balonium, no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney, globaloney, phony-baloney Translations (nonsense — see also nonsense): глу́пости (glúposti) (Bulgarian), blbost [feminine] (Czech), blbosti [feminine, plural] (Czech), nesmysl [masculine] (Czech), nesmysly [masculine, plural] (Czech), onzin [masculine] (Dutch), nonsens [masculine] (Dutch), Quatsch [masculine] (German), Käse [masculine] (German), Unsinn [masculine] (German), Schwachsinn [masculine] (German), αερολογίες (aerologíes) [feminine, plural] (Greek), stupidaggine [feminine] (Italian), fesseria [feminine] (Italian), idiozia [feminine] (Italian), sciocchezza [feminine] (Italian), nūgae [feminine, plural] (Latin), gerrae [feminine, plural] (Latin), nonsens (Polish), колбасня (kolbasnja) [feminine] (Russian), tonterías [feminine] (Spanish), inventos [masculine] (Spanish), chorrada [feminine] (Spanish), chuminada [feminine] (Spanish), farfolla [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-baloney-en-noun-en:nonsense Disambiguation of Sausages: 42 58 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 69 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 38 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: boloney, bologna
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "type of smoked sausage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lyoner"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "type of smoked sausage",
      "word": "párizsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "type of smoked sausage",
      "word": "parizer"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "type of smoked sausage",
      "word": "mortadella"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "type of smoked sausage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mortadella"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "beker söz",
      "sense": "type of smoked sausage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бекер сөз"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "bolbogon nerse",
      "sense": "type of smoked sausage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "болбогон нерсе"
    },
    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "type of smoked sausage",
      "word": "murtadella"
    },
    {
      "code": "nap",
      "lang": "Neapolitan",
      "sense": "type of smoked sausage",
      "word": "murtatella"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "type of smoked sausage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mortadela"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "type of smoked sausage",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mortadela"
    }
  ],
  "word": "baloney"
}

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    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "baloney pony"
    },
    {
      "word": "balonium"
    },
    {
      "word": "no matter how thin you slice it, it's still baloney"
    },
    {
      "word": "globaloney"
    },
    {
      "word": "phony-baloney"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "Origin unclear. Perhaps from the Polari slang word balonie. Alternatively, perhaps simply from bologna (“sausage”), possibly used as a minced oath for bullshit.",
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        "(uncountable, chiefly US, slang) Nonsense."
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      "word": "balonie"
    },
    {
      "word": "bologna"
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    {
      "word": "boloney"
    }
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "glúposti",
      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
      "word": "глу́пости"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
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      "word": "blbosti"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "nesmysly"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "onzin"
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    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Quatsch"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Käse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Unsinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schwachsinn"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aerologíes",
      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "αερολογίες"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stupidaggine"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fesseria"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "idiozia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sciocchezza"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "nūgae"
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
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        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "gerrae"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
      "word": "nonsens"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kolbasnja",
      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "колбасня"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tonterías"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "inventos"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chorrada"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chuminada"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "nonsense — see also nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "farfolla"
    }
  ],
  "word": "baloney"
}

Download raw JSONL data for baloney meaning in English (8.5kB)

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  "title": "baloney",
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}

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