English-Thai Dictionary

bunkum

N การ พูด หรือ เขียน ไร้สาระ  kan-phud-rue-kian-rai-sa-ra

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

BUNKUM

BUNKUM Bun "kum, n.

 

Defn: See Buncombe.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

bunkum

bun kum |ˈbəNGkəm ˈbəŋkəm |(also buncombe ) ▶noun informal, dated nonsense: they talk a lot of bunkum about their products. ORIGIN mid 19th cent. (originally buncombe ): named after Buncombe County in North Carolina, mentioned in an inconsequential speech made by its congressman solely to please his constituents ( c. 1820 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

bunkum

bunkum |ˈbʌŋkəm |(also buncombe ) ▶noun [ mass noun ] informal, dated nonsense: they talk a lot of bunkum about their products. ORIGIN mid 19th cent. (originally buncombe ): named after Buncombe County in North Carolina, mentioned in an inconsequential speech made by its congressman solely to please his constituents ( c. 1820 ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

bunkum

bunkum noun informal dated See nonsense (sense 1 of the noun ).

 

Oxford Thesaurus

bunkum

bunkum noun informal, dated they talk a lot of bunkum. See nonsense.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

bunkum

bun kum /bʌ́ŋkəm /名詞 U 1 ｟古 くだけて ｠ナンセンス, ほら .2 ｟主に米 ｠(政治家の )人気取り演説 .