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- [muh-lahr-kee]
- /məˈlɑr ki/
- /məˈlɑː.ki/
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- [muh-lahr-kee]
- /məˈlɑr ki/
Definitions of malarkey word
- noun malarkey speech or writing designed to obscure, mislead, or impress; bunkum: The claims were just a lot of malarkey. 1
- noun malarkey Meaningless talk; nonsense. 1
- noun malarkey nonsense; rubbish 0
- noun malarkey insincere, meaningless, or deliberately misleading talk; nonsense 0
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Origin of malarkey
First appearance:
before 1925 One of the 11% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1925-30; origin uncertain
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Parts of speech for Malarkey
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malarkey popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for malarkey
noun malarkey
- hogwash — refuse given to hogs; swill.
- balderdash — If you say that something that has been said or written is balderdash, you think it is completely untrue or very stupid.
- drivel — saliva flowing from the mouth, or mucus from the nose; slaver.
- nonsense — words or language having little or no sense or meaning.
- foolishness — resulting from or showing a lack of sense; ill-considered; unwise: a foolish action, a foolish speech.
Antonyms for malarkey
noun malarkey
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