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Synonyms
- applesauce [slang]
- balderdash
- baloney
- boloney
- beans
- bilge
- blah
- blah-blah
- blarney
- blather
- blatherskite
- blither
- bosh
- bull [slang]
- bunk
- bunkum
- buncombe
- claptrap
- codswallop [British]
- crapola [slang]
- crock
- drivel
- drool
- fiddle
- fiddle-faddle
- fiddlesticks
- flannel [British]
- flapdoodle
- folderol
- falderal
- folly
- foolishness
- fudge
- garbage
- guff
- hogwash
- hokeypokey
- hokum
- hoodoo
- hooey
- horsefeathers [slang]
- humbug
- humbuggery
- jazz
- malarkey
- malarky
- moonshine
- muck
- nerts [slang]
- nonsense
- nuts
- piffle
- poppycock
- punk
- rot
- rubbish
- senselessness
- silliness
- slush
- stupidity
- taradiddle
- tarradiddle
- tommyrot
- trash
- trumpery
- twaddle
Examples of tosh in a Sentence
What a lot of tosh.
people who believe such tosh have the analytical skills of a toddler
Recent Examples on the Web
Somewhere around the two-thirds mark, escalating levels of pure tosh begin to perversely work in the movie’s favor.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
For Virgin Orbit, its first launch attempt from the UK was a load of tosh.
—Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 9 Jan. 2023
This is a rare misstep for Robert Krulwich: a piece about a theory that, while seductive, is a load of tosh.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 4 Aug. 2012
The fact that all those involved in discussing this question have heads full of tosh and piffle does not make for productive debates.
—Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2020
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Word History
Etymology
origin unknown
First Known Use
1528, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near tosh
Cite this Entry
“Tosh.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tosh. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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