Sekirov Dictionary

humbug

/ˈhʌmbʌɡ/

noun 10
verb 3
exclamation 1
forms 5

noun10

A fraud or sham; (uncountable) hypocrisy.
(slang) A hoax, jest, or prank.
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Nonsense.
- But let me tell Warner, and all ether geniuses of his cast, that such inventions are all a humbug. Such, tactics and tools are all to short-sighted and short-bitted for the work proposed. — 1846
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(UK) A type of hard sweet (candy), usually peppermint flavoured with a striped pattern.
- […] and if Albert Dykes wasn't sucking a mint humbug, my nose is not what it is and always has been. — 1928
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A cheat, fraudster, or hypocrite.
- He is a political humbug, the greatest of all humbugs; a man who swaggers about London clubs and consults solemnly about his influence, and in the country is a nonentity. — 1845
(US, slang) Anything complicated, offensive, troublesome, unpleasant or worrying; a misunderstanding, especially if trivial.
(US, slang) A fight.
(US, slang) A false arrest on trumped-up charges.
(slang, old-fashioned) A gang.
(slang) The piglet of the wild boar.

verb3

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(slang) To play a trick on (someone), to cheat, to swindle, to deceive.
- A theatrical man or showman has to humbug people. If he doesn't humbug them, they are humbugged. — 1902
(US, slang) To fight; to act tough.
(slang, no longer used) To waste time talking.

exclamation1

(slang) Balderdash!, nonsense!, rubbish!

forms

humbuged · humbugged · humbugging · humbuging · humbugs

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