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HOOEY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does hooey mean?

• HOOEY (noun)
The noun HOOEY has 1 sense:

1. senseless talk

Familiarity information: HOOEY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• HOOEY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Senseless talk

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

hooey; poppycock; stuff and nonsense; stuff

Context example:

don't give me that stuff

Hypernyms ("hooey" is a kind of...):

bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)

Domain usage:

argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))

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