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hum·bug
/
ˈhʌmˌbʌg
/
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huhm
-buhg
]
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noun,
verb,
hum·bugged,
hum·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.
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verb (used with object)
6.
to impose upon by humbug or false pretense; delude; deceive.
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verb (used without object)
7.
to practice humbug.
interjection
8.
nonsense!
.
Origin:
1730–40;
origin uncertain
Related forms
hum·bug·ger,
noun
Synonyms
1.
imposition.
2.
pretense, sham.
3.
pretender, deceiver, charlatan, swindler, quack, confidence man.
6.
cheat, swindle, trick, fool, dupe.
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humbug
(ˈhʌmˌbʌɡ)
—
n
1.
a person or thing that tricks or deceives
2.
nonsense; rubbish
3.
(
Brit
) a hard boiled sweet, usually flavoured with peppermint and often having a striped pattern
—
vb
,
-bugs
,
-bugging
,
-bugged
4.
to cheat or deceive (someone)
[C18: of unknown origin]
'humbugger
—
n
'humbuggery
—
n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Word Origin & History
humbug
1751, student slang, "trick, jest, hoax, deception," of unknown origin.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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Example sentences
Mind you this diet is not some complementary
humbug
, but a strictly medically supervised treatment.
To blame the weir for environmental destruction which has already occurred is political
humbug
.
Heraldry is mixed with haberdashery,
humbug
with history, and scholarly looking footnotes with simple-minded literalism.
The production of
humbug
has become a systematic, even industrial process.
The natural world is rife with
humbug
and fish tales, of things not being what they seem.
The whole thing is a huge tree killing, paper moving
humbug
operation.
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