ˈbiliŋzˌgāt, -_git noun
( -s )
Usage: sometimes capitalized
Etymology: from Billingsgate, old gate and fish market, London, England, noted for the abusive language used there
: condemnatory language marked by the coarse or offensive and scornfully abusive or contentious
the billingsgate common to the lower political quarreling — H.R.Warfel
a kind of billingsgate Falstaff at his worst never approached — Edith Hamilton
Synonyms: see abuse