humbug

hum·bug  (hmbg)

n.

1. Something intended to deceive; a hoax or fraud.

2. A person who claims to be other than what he or she is; an impostor.

3. Nonsense; rubbish.

4. Pretense; deception.

interj.

Used to express disbelief or disgust.

v. hum·bugged, hum·bug·ging, hum·bugs

v.tr.

To deceive or trick.

v.intr.

To practice deception or trickery.

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humbugger n.

humbugger·y n.

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humbug

Noun

1. Brit a hard peppermint sweet with a striped pattern

2. a speech or piece of writing that is obviously untrue, dishonest, or nonsense

3. a dishonest person [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	humbug - pretentious or silly talk or writing baloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle, taradiddle, tarradiddle hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaning jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
	2.	humbug - communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive snake oil deception, misrepresentation, deceit - a misleading falsehood
	3.	humbug - something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage dupery, hoax, put-on, fraud, fraudulence chicanery, wile, shenanigan, trickery, guile, chicane - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) goldbrick - anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
Verb	1.	humbug - trick or deceive cozen, deceive, delude, lead on - be false to; be dishonest with

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humbug

noun nonsense, rubbish, trash, hypocrisy, cant, baloney (informal) claptrap (informal) quackery, eyewash (informal) charlatanry

Translations

humbug [ˈhʌmbʌg] n → patrañas fpl;

(BRIT) (sweet) → caramelo de menta

humbug [ˈhʌmbʌg] n → fumisterie f;

(Brit) (= sweet); bonbon m à la menthe

humbug [ˈhʌmbʌg] n → Humbug m, Mumpitz m;

(Brit) (sweet) → Pfefferminzbonbon m or nt

humbug [ˈhʌmbʌg] n → inganno; sciocchezze fpl;

(BRIT) (sweet) → caramella alla menta