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hokum

/ˈhəʊkəm/

US pronunciation
American sound/ˈhəʊkəm/
hokum
Syllables
2 syllables
Stress
1st syllable stress
Vowel
Schwa vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

ho - kum -> hokum

Myanmar meaning

(n) သဘာဝမကျသော၊အပေါစားဆန်သောရုပ်ရှင်၊ပြဇာတ်၊စာပေ။ မဟုတ်တရုတ်။ပေါက်တတ်ကရ။

Full entry

hokum /'hǝƱkǝm/ n [U] (infml )

၁။ သဘာဝမကျသော၊ အပေါစား ဆန်သော ရုပ်ရှင်၊ ပြဇာတ်၊ စာပေ။ a piece of second-rate hokum.
၂။ (esp US ) မဟုတ်တရုတ်။ ပေါက်တတ်ကရ။ He's talking complete hokum.

More examples
  • hokum /'hǝƱkǝm/ n [U] ( infml ) ၁။ သဘာဝမကျသော၊ အပေါစား ဆန်သော ရုပ်ရှင်၊ ပြဇာတ်၊ စာပေ။ a piece of second-rate hokum. ၂။ ( esp US ) မဟုတ်တရုတ်။ ပေါက်တတ်ကရ။ He's talking complete hokum.
Synonyms
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
Antonyms
assets, belittlement, blame, castigation, coinage, condemnation, criticism, denunciation, faithfulness, forthrightness, frankness, honesty, honor, insult, loyalty, nuance, offense, openness, original saying, possessions, property, sense, sincerity, trustworthiness, truth, truthfulness, uprightness
Cross references
claptraphooeybunkumnonsensehogwashgarbagehumbugtwaddleBSChoctawGreekabsurdityadageadulationapplauseapprobationartful deceptionbabblebalderdashbaloneybanalitybathosbeguilementbetrayalblandishmentblarneyboilerboiler plate
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