bilgewater

bilgewater

English

Etymology

bilge +‎ water

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪldʒwɔtɚ/

Noun

bilgewater (usually uncountable, plural bilgewaters)

1. (nautical) Water which collects in the bilges of a ship.
2. (slang) Stupid talk or writing; nonsense.

Synonyms

• (nonsense): tosh; gibberish; gobbledegook

Translations

nautical: water which collects in the bilges of a ship

Dutch: kielwater n, ruimwater n Finnish: pilssivesi (fi)

Greek: Ancient Greek: ἄντλος m (ántlos)

slang: nonsense

Catalan: estirabot (ca) m Dutch: onzin (nl) c, flauwe kul c

Finnish: höpöpuhe