hooey
15
9.9
- noun
- /ˈhuːi/
- Informal
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tontería
- "What a load of hooey," he said.
- a bunch of hooey
- a lot of hooey
- a load of hooey
And I am also not buying all of this hooey about forgiveness helps the forgiver.
- And I am also not buying all of this hooey about forgiveness helps the forgiver.
- If somebody was trying to peddle you, a bunch of hooey that you that you knew wasn't right.
- He missed seeing that in fact, this was a lot of hooey that this apparent defying of gravity.
Examples
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Do the prosecutors think the former Attorney General's legal strategy is full of hooey?
Blog text (17) -
Oh, that's a bunch of hooey.
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That sounds like a bunch of New Age hooey.
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The same old line, the same old act and the same old hooey.
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"It's a bunch of hooey," Jane said.
Fiction book (1993) -
You're all a lot of hooey to me.
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That's a lot of hooey!
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All this fussing about democracy, the collapse of the system—it's a bunch of hooey!
Fiction book (2002) -
When he heard the explanation for the strange event, he thought it was just a bunch of hooey.
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Many people believe in conspiracy theories, but I think they are mostly hooey.
Synonyms
578
2.5
Words or ideas that do not make sense
48
7.5
Talk that is not true or is silly
22
6.7
Nonsense talk that is not true
13
8.8
Talk that is not true and tries to trick people
10
9.9
Silly talk that is not true
9
9.9
Confusing speech or writing full of technical words that most people cannot understand
5
9.3
Nonsense ideas or stories that are not true
3
8.9
Silly talk or ideas that are not true
1
6.6
Silly talk that is not true or useful
Talk that is silly and not true
Ideas not based on science and lacking evidence, often about ghosts or miracle cures
Antonyms
How Credible
Surface Forms
Etymology
Hooey is American slang that probably began as a playful sound and came to mean 'nonsense' or silly talk. A helpful way to remember hooey is to think of it like hoax or hogwash, both words for 'false' or 'silly' talk.