bilgewater

English

Etymology

bilge +‎ water

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɪld͡ʒwɔtɚ/
Audio (AU) (file)

Noun

bilgewater (usually uncountable, plural bilgewaters)

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

Synonyms

(nonsense): tosh; gibberish; gobbledegook

Translations

nautical: water which collects in the bilges of a ship

Dutch: kielwater (nl) n, ruimwater n
Finnish: pilssivesi (fi)
German: Bilgewasser (de) n, Bilgenwasser (de) n
Greek:
Ancient: ἄντλος m (ántlos)
Hebrew: מֵי שִׁפּוּלַיִם (he) m pl (mey shipulayim)
Irish: uisce ruma m, bodharuisce m
Italian: acqua di sentina f
Latin: sentīna f
Swedish: kölvatten (sv)
Welsh: dŵr twll sbydu m, dŵr gwaelodion m

slang: nonsense

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

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