noun, verb, -bugged, -bug⋅ging, interjection | 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. |
| 6. | to impose upon by humbug or false pretense; delude; deceive. |
| 7. | to practice humbug. |
| 8. | nonsense! |
