"poppycock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: poppycocks [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Dutch pappekak, from Middle Dutch pappe (“soft food”) + kak (“dung, excrement”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|nl|pappekak}} Dutch pappekak, {{der|en|dum|pappe|t=soft food}} Middle Dutch pappe (“soft food”), {{m|dum|kak|t=dung, excrement}} kak (“dung, excrement”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} poppycock (usually uncountable, plural poppycocks)
  1. (colloquial) foolish talk; nonsense. Tags: colloquial, uncountable, usually Synonyms: balderdash, nonsense Translations (nonsense): pappekak (Afrikaans), nonsens (Afrikaans), onsin (Afrikaans), snert (Afrikaans), twak (Afrikaans), stront (Afrikaans), глупости (gluposti) [feminine, plural] (Bulgarian), onzin (Dutch), nonsens (Dutch), hölynpöly (Finnish), baliverne [feminine] (French), Quatsch [masculine] (German), Dünnschiss [masculine] (German), stupidaggine [feminine] (Italian), bzdury [feminine, plural] (Polish), ambaje [archaic, masculine, plural] (Polish), androny (Polish), banialuki [feminine, plural] (Polish), вздор (vzdor) [masculine] (Russian), ерунда́ (jerundá) [feminine] (Russian), туфта́ (tuftá) [feminine] (Russian), чепуха́ (čepuxá) [feminine] (Russian), tonteria (Spanish), sin sentido (Spanish), laga luga (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-poppycock-en-noun-CFGuZ-lD Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Turkish",
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "nonsense",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "nonsense",
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "nonsense",
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    },
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      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "stupidaggine"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
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      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "nonsense",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "word": "banialuki"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vzdor",
      "sense": "nonsense",
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      "sense": "nonsense",
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      "word": "туфта́"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čepuxá",
      "sense": "nonsense",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "чепуха́"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "nonsense",
      "word": "tonteria"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "nonsense",
      "word": "sin sentido"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "nonsense",
      "word": "laga luga"
    }
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}

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