Bilgewater — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

pretentious or silly talk or writing

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈæsɪmˌaɪɚz/

🇬🇧British English

/ˌɔːtəʊbˈʌsɪz/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ˌɔːtəʊbˈʌsɪz/

4 syllables Say it as /kˈæsɪmˌaɪɚz/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

twaddle taradiddle boloney tommyrot humbug bosh tarradiddle baloney drool tosh

Word Forms

twaddle

verb

speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Bilgewasser

anmaßendes oder albernes Reden oder Schreiben

🇫🇷French

eaux de cale

discours ou écrit prétentieux ou idiots

🇪🇸Spanish

agua de sentina

charlas o escritos pretenciosos o tontos

🇮🇹Italian

acqua di sentina

parlare o scrivere in modo pretenzioso o sciocco

🇳🇱Dutch

lenswater

pretentieus of dom praten of schrijven

🇵🇹Portuguese

água de porão

conversa ou escrita pretensiosa ou boba

🇷🇺Russian

трюмная вода

претенциозные или глупые разговоры или письма

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बकवास

दिखावटी या मूर्खतापूर्ण बात या लेखन

🇮🇳Tamil

பெருநீர்

பாசாங்குத்தனமான அல்லது முட்டாள்தனமான பேச்சு அல்லது எழுத்து

🇮🇳Telugu

బిల్జ్ వాటర్

ఆడంబరమైన లేదా వెర్రి మాటలు లేదా రాయడం

🇮🇳Gujarati

પાણી

દંભી અથવા મૂર્ખ વાતો અથવા લેખન

🇮🇳Kannada

ಬಿಲ್ಜ್ವಾಟರ್

ಆಡಂಬರದ ಅಥವಾ ಸಿಲ್ಲಿ ಮಾತು ಅಥವಾ ಬರವಣಿಗೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ബിൽജ് വാട്ടർ

ധാർഷ്ട്യമോ മണ്ടത്തരമോ ആയ സംസാരം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ എഴുത്ത്

🇵🇰Urdu

بلج واٹر

دکھاوا یا احمقانہ گفتگو یا تحریر

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

比尔吉沃特

自命不凡或愚蠢的谈话或写作

🇯🇵Japanese

ビルジ水

大げさなまたは愚かな話や書き込み

🇰🇷Korean

빌지워터

가식적이거나 어리석은 말이나 글

🇻🇳Vietnamese

nước đáy tàu

nói chuyện hoặc viết một cách kiêu ngạo hoặc ngớ ngẩn

🇹🇭Thai

น้ำท้องเรือ

พูดหรือเขียนเก๊กหรือโง่

🇮🇩Indonesian

air lambung kapal

pembicaraan atau tulisan yang megah atau konyol

🇲🇾Malay

air bilge

bercakap atau menulis berlagak atau bodoh

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مياه البحر

الحديث أو الكتابة الطنانة أو سخيفة

🇮🇷Persian

آب آشامیدنی

صحبت یا نوشتن پرمدعا یا احمقانه

🇹🇷Turkish

sintine suyu

iddialı veya aptalca konuşma veya yazma

🇮🇱Hebrew

מי בילג

דיבורים או כתיבה יומרניים או מטופשים

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