nonsense (noun)

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• nonsense — ► NOUN 1) words that make no sense. 2) foolish or unacceptable behaviour. 3) an absurd or unthinkable scheme, situation, etc. DERIVATIVES nonsensical adjective nonsensically adverb …   English terms dictionary

• Nonsense verse — is a form of light, often rhythmical verse, usually for children, depicting peculiar characters in amusing and fantastical situations. It is whimsical and humorous in tone and tends to employ fanciful phrases and meaningless made up words.[1]… …   Wikipedia

• nonsense — noun (U) 1 STUPID/UNTRUE (U) ideas, opinions, statements etc that are untrue or stupid: all this nonsense about health foods | “She says she s 39.” “Nonsense!” | a load of nonsense (=a lot of nonsense): If you ask me, these modern teaching… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• nonsense — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ absolute, arrant (old fashioned), complete, pure, sheer, total, utter ▪ Most of his theories are arrant nonsense …   Collocations dictionary

• nonsense verse — noun nonsensical writing (usually verse) • Syn: ↑amphigory • Hypernyms: ↑nonsense, ↑bunk, ↑nonsensicality, ↑meaninglessness, ↑hokum * * * a form of light verse, usually for children, depicting imaginative characters in amusing situations of… …   Useful english dictionary

• nonsense word — noun A deliberately meaningless word • • • Main Entry: ↑nonsense * * * ˈnonsense word 7 [nonsense word] noun a word with no meaning …   Useful english dictionary

• nonsense — Uses of nonsense as a countable noun (i.e. preceded by a or in the plural) have become common in current use, especially in BrE: • I knew you d make a nonsense of it so I told Wallis to be ready to take over L. Cooper, 1960 • I could only pray… …   Modern English usage

• nonsense — noun 1) he was talking nonsense Syn: rubbish, gibberish, claptrap, garbage; informal baloney, tripe, drivel, gobbledegook, twaddle; Brit.; informal cobblers, codswallop, double Dutch; Scottish & N.English; informal havers; …   Synonyms and antonyms dictionary

• nonsense verse — noun Date: 1799 humorous or whimsical verse that features absurd characters and actions and often contains evocative but meaningless nonce words …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• nonsense mutation — noun A point mutation that generates either a premature stop codon, or a codon that does not specify any amino acid …   Wiktionary

• nonsense — non|sense [ nan,sens, nansens ] noun uncount ** 1. ) ideas, behavior, or statements that are not true or sensible: So you believe the nonsense about ghosts? it is nonsense to do something: It is nonsense to say that they re not paid enough. it is …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English