humbug
noun
- something made or done to cheat or deceive; fraud; sham; hoax
- misleading, dishonest, or empty talk; nonsense
- a person who is not what he claims to be; impostor
- a spirit of trickery, deception, etc.
- Brit. a striped hard candy
transitive verb humbugged, humbugging
to dupe; deceive
See humbug in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(hŭmˈbŭgˌ)
noun- Something intended to deceive; a hoax or fraud.
- A person who claims to be other than what he or she is; an impostor.
- Nonsense; rubbish.
- Pretense; deception.
interjection Used to express disbelief or disgust.
verb hum·bugged,
hum·bug·ging,
hum·bugs verb, transitive To deceive or trick.
verb, intransitive To practice deception or trickery.
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