Usually means: Nonsense, foolish talk or ideas.
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General (23 matching dictionaries)
  1. poppycock: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. poppycock: Merriam-Webster
  3. poppycock: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. poppycock: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. poppycock: Collins English Dictionary
  6. poppycock: Vocabulary.com
  7. Poppycock, poppycock: Wordnik
  8. poppycock: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. poppycock: Wiktionary
  10. poppycock: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. poppycock: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. poppycock: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. poppycock: Dictionary.com
  14. poppycock: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Poppycock: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. poppycock: Rhymezone
  17. poppycock: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  18. poppycock: FreeDictionary.org
  19. poppycock: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. poppycock: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. Poppycock: World Wide Words

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. poppycock: Legal dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. poppycock: Wordcraft Dictionary

(Note: See poppycocking as well.)

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American English Definition British English Definition
▸ noun:  (colloquial) foolish talk; nonsense.

Similar:
hooey, stuff and nonsense, stuff, piffle, morology, slipslop, hogwash, gammon and pickles, blather, bullplop, more...

Opposite:
sense, reason, logic

Types:
balderdash, blather, bunk, claptrap, codswallop, drivel, flapdoodle, foolish, more...

Phrases:
Prince Poppycock, more...

Adjectives:
pure, much, such, sheer, absolute, plain, utter, mere, unadulterated, complete, political


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Similar:
hooey, stuff and nonsense, stuff, piffle, morology, slipslop, hogwash, gammon and pickles, blather, bullplop, more...

Opposite:
sense, reason, logic

Types:
balderdash, blather, bunk, claptrap, codswallop, drivel, flapdoodle, foolish, more...

Phrases:
Prince Poppycock, more...

Adjectives:
pure, much, such, sheer, absolute, plain, utter, mere, unadulterated, complete, political



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