'Humbug' definitions:
Definition of 'humbug'
(from WordNet)
noun
Pretentious or silly talk or writing [syn: baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, humbug, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle]
noun
Communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive [syn: humbug, snake oil]
noun
Something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage [syn: fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, humbug, put-on]
verb
Trick or deceive
Definition of 'Humbug'
From: GCIDE
- Humbug \Hum"bug`\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Humbugged; p. pr. & vb. n. Humbugging.] To deceive; to impose; to cajole; to hoax. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Humbug'
From: GCIDE
- Humbug \Hum"bug`\, n. [Prob. fr. hum to impose on, deceive + bug a frightful object.]
- 1. An imposition under fair pretenses; something contrived in order to deceive and mislead; a trick by cajolery; a hoax. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A spirit of deception; cajolery; trickishness. [1913 Webster]
- 3. One who deceives or misleads; a deceitful or trickish fellow; an impostor. --Sir J. Stephen. [1913 Webster]