Humbug - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈhʌmbʌɡ|
Brit.
|ˈhʌmbʌɡ|
noun
- pretentious or silly talk or writing (syn: baloney, boloney, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle)
- communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
- something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage (syn: dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax)
- communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
- something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage (syn: dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax)
verb
- trick or deceive
Extra examples
...tests showed that the “old” map of America was a cleverly made humbug...
...those UFO stories are a lot of humbug...
...humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being...
He dismissed the Prime Minister's comments as 'pure humbug'.
I have a shrewd idea that it is a humbug.
Word forms
noun
singular: humbug
plural: humbugs
singular: humbug
plural: humbugs
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