BUNCOMBE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)

Synonyms:

buncombe; bunk; bunkum; guff; hogwash; rot

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("buncombe" is a kind of...):

drivel; garbage (a worthless message)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "buncombe"):

bull; bullshit; crap; dogshit; horseshit; Irish bull; shit (obscene words for unacceptable behavior)

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