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humbug

/ humbug /

noun/verb

noun Sense 1

communication (writen or spoken) intended to deceive

Type of:

misrepresentation deceit deception

verb Sense 2

trick or deceive

Type of:

deceive lead on delude

Derived:

fraud fraudulence dupery hoax put-on

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something

Somebody ----s something with something

noun Sense 3

something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

Type of:

trickery chicanery chicane

Kinds of:

goldbrick Piltdown man Piltdown hoax

Derived:

gull dupe slang befool cod

noun Sense 4

pretentious or silly talk or writing

Type of:

nonsense bunk nonsensicality

Derived:

chatter piffle palaver prate tittle-tattle

Domain:

cant jargon slang

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