ж., -и 1. folly, foolishness, stupidity, silliness; разг. dunderheadedness; goofiness; sl. numbskullery; (глупава постъпка) foolish/silly thing; piece of stupidity; goof; (безсмислица) nonsense, absurdity, inanity; fandangle; амер. baloney; разг. guff, hogwash, tripe, mumbo-jumbo; занимавам се с ~и trifle away/waste o.’s time; fiddle-faddle; извършвам ~та да commit the folly of (с ger.); извършвам голяма ~ do a very foolish thing; наивен до ~ naive to the point of imbecility; той има ~та да he was so foolish as to; чиста ~ sheer nonsense; tommyrot;
2. само мн. nonsense, stuff and nonsense, balderdash, rubbish, tosh, trash; разг. tomfoolery, twaddle, drivel, pap, balls, bullshit, codswallop; flapdoodle; fudge; върша ~и do silly things, commit indiscretions; ~и! nonsense! rubbish! разг. bosh! rot! tosh! говоря ~и talk nonsense (за about); talk a lot of trash, talk through o.’s hat; разг. talk through the back of o.’s head; fudge; пълни ~и clotted nonsense; sl. a load of old cobblers; стига си дрънкал ~и! cut the cackle! стига с тия ~и! stop that nonsense! разг. don’t give me that! cut it out; харча парите си за ~и fritter away o.’s money.