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hum⋅bug

   [huhm-buhg]
noun, verb, -bugged, -bug⋅ging, interjection
–noun
1. something intended to delude or deceive.
2. the quality of falseness or deception.
3. a person who is not what he or she claims or pretends to be; impostor.
4. something devoid of sense or meaning; nonsense: a humbug of technical jargon.
5. British. a variety of hard mint candy.
–verb (used with object)
6. to impose upon by humbug or false pretense; delude; deceive.
–verb (used without object)
7. to practice humbug.
–interjection
8. nonsense!
Origin:
1730–40; orig. uncert.
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hum·bug     (hŭm'bŭg')  Pronunciation Key 
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.

[Origin unknown.]
hum'bug'ger n., hum'bug'ger·y n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Humbugger

Hum"bug`ger\, n. One who humbugs.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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