1. Statements or beliefs that are untrue or make no sense
   "He dismissed the conspiracy theory as pure wish-wash";
   - bunk [informal], bunkum [informal], buncombe [informal], guff [informal], rot [informal], hogwash [informal], flapdoodle [N. Amer, informal], Irish bull [slang], rhubarb [Brit, informal], bilge [informal], junk [informal], bull [slang], nonsense, jive [N. Amer, informal], bushwah [N. Amer, informal], bushwa [N. Amer, informal], folderol, rubbish [informal], tripe [informal], trumpery [archaic], trash [informal], applesauce [N. Amer, informal], codswallop [Brit, informal], falderal, drivel, garbage
    
2. Any thin watery drink
   "The coffee at the diner was nothing but wish-wash"

Derived forms: wish-washes

Type of: beverage, content, drink, drinkable, message, potable [formal], subject matter, substance