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eyewash

English

Etymology

eye +? wash

Pronunciation

Noun

eyewash (usually uncountable, plural eyewashes)

  1. (countable, uncountable) A soothing medicated lotion for the eyes
  2. (uncountable, slang) Nonsense; flattery; pretentiousness.

Synonyms

  • (slang): window dressing

Translations

Verb

eyewash (third-person singular simple present eyewashes, present participle eyewashing, simple past and past participle eyewashed)

  1. To fool with nonsense or flattery.
  2. (intelligence) To keep information secret by sending false information to many people in one's own organization, and correct information to a select few.

See also

  • eyebath

Anagrams

  • yeehaws

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hogwash

English

Etymology

From Middle English *hoggewasch (found only as Middle English hoggyswasch (“refuse of the kitchen for feeding pigs”, literally “hog's wash”)), equivalent to hog +? wash.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?h??w??/

Noun

hogwash (usually uncountable, plural hogwashes)

  1. (informal, figuratively) Foolish talk or writing; nonsense.
    Synonyms: nonsense; see also Thesaurus:nonsense
  2. (literally) A mixture of solid and liquid food scraps fed to pigs; swill. [from mid 15th c.]
    Synonyms: slop, slops, swill

Related terms

  • pigwash
  • pigswill from swill
  • See Derived terms of wash

Translations

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