Hooey
/ˈhuː.i/ noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Silly talk or writing; nonsense, silliness, or fake assertion(s). slang, uncountable
"I heard his speech. It sounded like a whole lot of hooey to me."
- 2 A hog-tie performed in a rodeo show. slang
- 3 senseless talk wordnet
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"All those suggestions were dismissed as hooey."
Etymology
Possibly related to phooey, possibly a euphemism for horseshit, or possibly from Ukrainian or Russian хуй (xuj). Compare hooie (interjection) and German hui.