hokum
/ˈhəʊkəm/
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American sound/ˈhəʊkəm/
hokum
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Schwa vowel
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- Clear final sound
ho - kum -> hokum
Myanmar meaning
(n) သဘာဝမကျသော၊အပေါစားဆန်သောရုပ်ရှင်၊ပြဇာတ်၊စာပေ။ မဟုတ်တရုတ်။ပေါက်တတ်ကရ။
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claptrap, hooey, bunkum, nonsense, hogwash, garbage, humbug, twaddle, BS, Choctaw, Greek, absurdity, adage, adulation, applause, approbation, artful deception, babble, balderdash, baloney, banality, bathos, beguilement, betrayal, blandishment, blarney, boiler, boiler plate, bonbon, boondoggle, bootlicking, bromide, bull, bunk, buzzword, cajolery, cheat, chestnut, circumvention, cliché, codswallop, commendation, common saying, commonplace, compliments, confection, confectionery, confit, conjuring trick, corn, cozenage, craftiness, crap, cunning, debris, deceit, deceitfulness, deceptiveness, defraudation, dirt, disinformation, dissimulation, double-dealing, drivel, dull, dullsville, dupery, duplicity, encomium, equivocation, eulogy, evenness, eyewash, false praise, falsehood, familiar tune, fast one, fawning, flatness, flattering, flimflam, flummery, foolishness, fraud, fraudulence, fudge, fulsomeness, gallantry, gibberish, gobbledygook, gratification, guile, hackneyed saying, high camp, honeyed words, horsefeathers, hypocrisy, imposition, inanity, incense, ingratiation, insincerity, insipidity, jawbreaker, jive, juggling, laud, legerdemain, lying, malarkey, mendacity, monotony, motto, mumbo jumbo, mush, obsequiousness, old chestnut, old saw, old story, overused saying, palaver, plate, platitude, plaudits, poppycock, potboiler, pretense, pretty speech, prevarication, prosaicism, prosaism, proverb, puffery, pulp, refuse, ridiculousness, rot, rubbish, saw, schmaltz, servility, shibboleth, sleight of hand, smoke, snow, snow job, soft words, soft-soap, sophism, stereotype, stroke, sweet, sweet talk, sweetmeat, sycophancy, tag, toadyism, trash, treachery, treason
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