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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: any thin watery drink
2: nonsensical talk or writing [syn: folderol, rubbish, tripe, trumpery, trash, wish-wash, applesauce, codswallop]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: reduplication of ²wash Date: 1786 1. a weak drink 2. insipid talk or writing

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a weak or watery drink. 2 insipid talk or writing. Etymology: redupl. of WASH

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Wish-wash Wish"-wash`, n. Any weak, thin drink.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Thin drink. 2. Trash, stuff, balderdash, palaver, moonshine, fudge, nonsense, jargon, prate, prattle, drivel, gibberish, gabble, gibble-gabble, platitude, flummery, inanity, senseless prate, frothy discourse, idle talk.