That's a load of claptrap.
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Claptrap
//ˈklæpˌtɹæp//
Synonyms for "claptrap" (249 found)
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Related words (124)
hocus pocushocus-pocushogwashhokehokumhooeyhumbughumbuggeryhysteron proteroninsincere argumentjabberjargonjiggery-pokerylogical fallacymalarkeymaterial fallacymere rhetoricmoonshinemouthmumbo jumbo
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mumbo-jumbonarrishkeitniaiserienon sequiturnonsensepack of nonsensepalaverparalogismpetitio principiiphilosophismprateprattlepseudosyllogismpunkrantravingrazzmatazzrigamarolerigmarolerodomontaderubbishskimble-skamblesolecismsophismsophistrystuff and nonsensestultiloquencetalktomfoolerytrashtrumperytwaddletwattletwiddle-twaddlevaporingverbal fallacywafflewafflingweak point
Noun(65 words)
hocus-pocushogwashhokumhooeyhorlickshorse cockhorse hockeyhorse pisshorse puckeyhorsefeathershorseshithot airhumbugirish bulljabberjargonjazzjibber-jabberjimjamjive
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junklallationmacaronimalarkeymanuremeaninglessnessmoonshinemumbo jumbonertznonsensepalaverpie in the skypifflepigswillpoppycockprattleput-onrantrazzmatazzrhubarbrhubarb rhubarbrigmarolerotrubbishrusesantorumshitshiteskimble-skamblesquitstuffstuff and nonsensetommy-rottoshtrashtripetrittle trattletushtwaddlewafflewasswhiff-whaffwibbleword saladyarbles
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35 translations across 14 languages.
Catalan
4 entries- algaravia noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
- embrolla noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
- embull noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
- galimaties noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
Czech
1 entries- cancy noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
Dutch
2 entries- Bombast noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
- Holle frasen noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
Finnish
3 entries- humpuuki noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
- hölynpöly noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
- höpönpöpö noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
French
3 entries- charabia noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
- galimatias noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
- verbiage noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
Galician
3 entries- barallada noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
- faramalla noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
- verborrea noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
German
3 entries- Gequatsche noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
- Gerede noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
- Geschwätz noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
Italian
1 entries- sproloquio noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
Māori
3 entries- kohe noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
- kutukutuahi noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
- ngutungutuahi noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
Polish
4 entries- ambaje noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
- mowa-trawa noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
- pustosłowie noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
- wodolejstwo noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
Russian
1 entries- чепуха́ noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- bljezgarije noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
- glupost noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
Spanish
4 entries- algarabía noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
- galimatías noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
- palabrería noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
- verborrea noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
Turkish
1 entries- palavra noun (empty verbiage or nonsense)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
The mayor and his companion have been uttering a lot of claptrap to the citizens for a long time.
Source: tatoeba (11307595)
That book is utter claptrap.
Source: tatoeba (13552981)
Klein diagnoses impressively what hasn’t worked. No more claptrap about fracked gas as a bridge to renewables. Enough already of the international summit meetings that produce sirocco-quality hot air, and nonbinding agreements that bind us all to more emissions.
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