'Balderdash' definitions:

Definition of 'balderdash'

From: WordNet
noun
Trivial nonsense [syn: balderdash, fiddle-faddle, piffle]

Definition of 'Balderdash'

From: GCIDE
  • Balderdash \Bal"der*dash\, n. [Of uncertain origin: cf. Dan. balder noise, clatter, and E. dash; hence, perhaps, unmeaning noise, then hodgepodge, mixture; or W. baldorduss a prattling, baldordd, baldorddi, to prattle.]
  • 1. A worthless mixture, especially of liquors. [1913 Webster]
  • Indeed beer, by a mixture of wine, hath lost both name and nature, and is called balderdash. --Taylor (Drink and Welcome). [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Balderdash'

From: GCIDE
  • Balderdash \Bal"der*dash\, v. t. To mix or adulterate, as liquors. [1913 Webster]
  • The wine merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and even mix it with pigeon's dung and quicklime. --Smollett. [1913 Webster]