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Definition of 'baloney'

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baloney

(bəloʊni )
uncountable noun
If you say that an idea or statement is baloney, you disapprove of it and think it is foolish or wrong.
[mainly US, informal, disapproval]
That's a load of baloney.
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Word Frequency

baloney in British

or boloney (bəˈləʊnɪ )
noun
1. informal
foolish talk; nonsense
2. mainly US another name for bologna sausage
Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Word origin of 'baloney'
C20: changed from Bologna (sausage)
Word Frequency

baloney in American

(bəˈloʊni ; bəlōˈnē)
US
noun
1. 
bologna sausage
2.  Slang
foolish or exaggerated talk or behavior; nonsense
interjection
3.  Slang
nonsense
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Word origin of 'baloney'
altered < bologna, sausage

Example sentences containing 'baloney'

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Don't give me a bunch of baloney about me being indispensable! Terman, Douglas CORMORANT (2004)I know: a month ago I'd have said this was baloney, but you heard Julian. Amanda Hemingway THE GREENSTONE GRAIL: THE SANGREAL TRILOGY ONE (2004)`Full of baloney ," Alfred had grumbled later when they were on their way home. Wright, L R SLEEP WHILE I SING (2004)

Trends of 'baloney'

Used Rarely. baloney is in the lower 50% of commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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Definition of baloney from the Collins English Dictionary

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