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codswallop

/ˈkɒdzwɒləp/

/ˈkɑdzwɑləp/

Translations

codswallopnoun

balivernesAu pluriel en français ; registre courant.

The idea that the earth is flat is pure codswallop.

L’idée que la Terre est plate est pure balivernes.

Additional translations

foutaisesAu pluriel en français ; familier.

Synonyms

codswallopinterjection

/ˈkɒdzwɒləp/

/ˈkɑdzwɑləp/

Occasionally used as an exclamation to reject something as nonsense.

N’importe quoi !Interjection familière pour marquer l’incrédulité ou le rejet d’une affirmation.

"Codswallop! That's not how it happened."

"N’importe quoi ! Ce n’est pas du tout ce qui s’est passé."

Synonyms

What rot!

codswallopnoun

Nonsense; something that is absurd or ridiculous.

The idea that the earth is flat is pure codswallop.

codswallopinterjection

Used to express strong disbelief, annoyance, or dismissal of a statement regarded as nonsense.

"Codswallop! That's not how it happened."