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humbug |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Humbug \Hum"bug`\, n. [Prob. fr hum to impose on deceive + bug a frightful object.] 1. An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax. 2. A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness. 3. One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor. --Sir J. Stephen. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Humbug \Hum"bug`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Humbugged}; p. pr & vb n. {Humbugging}.] To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: humbug n : pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: {baloney}, {boloney}, {bilgewater}, {bosh}, {drool}, {taradiddle}, {tarradiddle}, {tommyrot}, {tosh}, {twaddle}] v : trick or deceive
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