buncombe

Questions about buncombe

What does buncombe mean?

buncombe means "unacceptable behavior (especially ludicrously false statements)".

How many syllables are in buncombe?

buncombe has 2 syllables and divides as bun-combe under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for buncombe?

Close synonyms include bunk, bunkum, guff, rot, hogwash. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is buncombe a common word?

buncombe is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.