CODSWALLOPS Synonyms

• pretentious or silly talk or writing

• water accumulated in the bilge of a ship

• where the sides of the vessel curve in to form the bottom

• cause to leak

• take in water at the bilge

• flattery designed to gain favor

• influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering

• foolish gibberish

• to talk foolishly

• pretentious or silly talk or writing

• uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle

• (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Taurus

• the second sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about April 20 to May 20

• a large and strong and heavyset man

• Obscene word for unacceptable behavior

• a serious and ludicrous blunder

• uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

• an investor with an optimistic market outlook; an investor who expects prices to rise and so buys now for resale later

• the center of a target

• a formal proclamation issued by the pope (usually written in antiquated characters and sealed with a leaden bulla)

• mature male of various mammals of which the female is called `cow'; e.g. whales or elephants or especially cattle

• push or force

• try to raise the price of stocks through speculative buying

• speak insincerely or without regard for facts or truths

• advance in price

• a long trough for feeding cattle

• a bed on a ship or train; usually in tiers

• a rough bed (as at a campsite)

• unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

• a message that seems to convey no meaning

• beds built one above the other

• avoid paying

• provide with a bunk

• flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

• pompous or pretentious talk or writing

• a worthless message

• saliva spilling from the mouth

• let saliva drivel from the mouth

• food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)

• a worthless message

• a receptacle where waste can be discarded

• incomprehensible or pompous jargon of specialists

• unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

• senseless talk

• empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk

• a message that seems to convey no meaning

• ornamental objects of no great value

• having no intelligible meaning

• trivial nonsense

• speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

• act in a trivial or ineffective way

• senseless talk

• foolish or senseless behavior

• pretentious or silly talk or writing

• speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly