bilgewater

English

Etymology

From bilge +‎ water.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɪld͡ʒwɔtɚ/

• Audio (General Australian):

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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 (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
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 幹話／干话 (zh) (gànhuà)

• Dutch: onzin (nl) c, flauwe kul c
• Finnish: höpöpuhe