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Antonyms for bunkum


Grammar : Noun
Spell : buhng-kuh m
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbʌŋ kəm



Definition of bunkum

Origin :
  • variant of Buncombe.
  • As in rubbish : noun nonsense
  • As in bull : noun nonsense
  • As in crap : noun nonsense
  • As in hooey : noun nonsense
  • As in tommyrot : noun nonsense
  • As in guff : noun nonsense
Example sentences :
  • That fifty dollars being put on for anybody else was bunkum.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • “All bunkum and wind,” said he, pitching them into a corner.
  • Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • It's for them that all these atrocities are invented—most of them bunkum.
  • Extract from : « The Hero » by William Somerset Maugham
  • I suppose you will say next that I hypnotised her—or some bunkum of that sort!
  • Extract from : « The Seven Secrets » by William Le Queux
  • Tall talk's his jewelry: he must have his dandification in bunkum.
  • Extract from : « Beauchamp's Career, Complete » by George Meredith
  • I regret, however, to have to write that this idea of self-sacrifice is really all bunkum.
  • Extract from : « Egyptian Birds » by Charles Whymper
  • Slavery speeches are all Bunkum; so are reform speeches, too.
  • Extract from : « The Attache » by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
  • No, not they; they want Irish votes, that's all—it's Bunkum.
  • Extract from : « The Attache » by Thomas Chandler Haliburton
  • It must not be supposed, however, that this was all bunkum to Mr. Spokesly.
  • Extract from : « Command » by William McFee
  • Then all that talk of yours about getting me out of danger was bunkum?
  • Extract from : « Jacob's Ladder » by E. Phillips Oppenheim

Synonyms for bunkum

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