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Synonyms for gup

  • noun

Most common

bullshit bull blah hogwash hokum piffle

All synonyms

Noun

bullshit, bull, blah, malarkey informal, hogwash, hokum, piffle, moon-shine, rubbish, rot, clap-trap, bunk, flap doodle, bosh, drivel, tripe, baloney, guff, prattle, balderdash, poppycock informal, shit vulgar, bunkum dated, hooey slang

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Gossip or rumor; nonsensical or silly talk; blather.

Forms

Plural
gups → bulls, blahs, malarkeys, hogwashes…

Example sentences

  • bullshit I know you don't have the money—don't bullshit me!
  • bull He is not going to die. He is as strong as a bull.
  • blah We drank some booze and started to blah, blah, blah.
  • hogwash I think that's a lot of hogwash.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
gupsteady
bullshitrising
bullsteady
blahrising
hogwashsteady
hokumsteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
rot1
4 letters
shit1, bull1, blah1, bunk1, bosh1, guff1
5 letters
tripe1, hokum2, hooey2
6 letters
drivel2, piffle, bunkum
7 letters
rubbish2, baloney3, hogwash2, prattle2
8 letters
bullshit2, malarkey3
9 letters
poppycock3
10 letters
balderdash3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hokum2 = 2 syllables).