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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Balderdash

/bôl'-dẽrd-ăshˌ/ · Bal·der·dash · IPA /ˈbɔːldə.dæʃ/
01 n. A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.
  1. 1.
    A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.
    “Indeed beer, by a mixture of wine, hath lost both name and nature, and is called balderdash.” — Taylor (Drink and Welcome).
  2. 2.
    Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.
02 v. t. To mix or adulterate, as liquors.
  1. 1.
    To mix or adulterate, as liquors.
    “The wine merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and even mix it with pigeon's dung and quicklime.” — Smollett.