How to pronounce codswallop
American English pronunciation
KODZ-wol-up
- IPA
- /ˈkɑdzˌwɑləp/
- Syllables
- KODZ · wol · up (3 syllables, stress on the 1st)
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What codswallop means
Silly talk that makes no sense
In a sentence: Grandpa said the ghost story was pure codswallop.
Where it comes from: It's British slang first seen in print in the 1950s, and nobody is sure where it came from.
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