Noun
1. baloney
2. boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle, nonsense, bunk, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, hokum, snake oil
3. misrepresentation, deceit, deception, fraud
Verb
1. fraudulence, dupery, hoax, put-on, trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan, deceive
2. lead on, delude, cozen
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