Definition of humbug - WordReference.com Dictionary

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humbug
A	noun
	1	fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on
			something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚activity ╚wrongdoing; wrongful conduct; misconduct; actus reus ╚falsification; misrepresentaation ╚deception; deceit; dissembling; dissimulation ╚trickery; chicanery; chicane; guile; wile; shenanigan ╚fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on ╚Piltdown man; Piltdown hoax ╚goldbrick
	2	humbug, snake oil
			communication (writen or spoken) intended to deceive
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚statement ╚falsehood; falsity; untruth; false statement ╚misrepresentation; deceit; deception ╚humbug, snake oil
	3	baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle
			pretentious or silly talk or writing
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚message; content; subject matter; substance ╚nonsense; bunk; nonsensicality; meaninglessness; hokum ╚baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle
B	verb
	1	humbug
			trick or deceive
		Category Tree: act; move ╚interact ╚treat; handle; do by ╚wrong ╚victimize; victimise ╚deceive; lead on; delude; cozen ╚humbug

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