codswallop
English
/ˌkɒdzˈwɒl.əp/
noun
Definitions
- (UK) Senseless talk or writing; nonsense; rubbish.
Etymology
Affix from English cod (scrotum, imitation, joke, as in m) + English wallop (beer), cod (scrotum, imitation, joke, as in m) + English codpiece (hit)+ English wallop (beer).
Origin
English
wallop
Gloss
beer
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cod English
- codder English
- codfish English
- codfishery English
- codhead English
- codless English
- codlet English
- codlike English
- codline English
- codling English
- codology English
- codpiece English
- codpieced English
- cuttle English
- kerwallop English
- lingcod English
- peascod English
- piece English
- seedcod English
- wallop English
- walloper English
- cod Middle English
- wallopen Middle English
- còd Welsh
- oualipe Norman