humbug

hum·bug

H0320600 (hŭm′bŭg′)n.1. Something intended to deceive; a hoax or fraud.2. A person who claims to be other than what he or she is; an impostor.3. Nonsense; rubbish.4. Pretense; deception.interj. Used to express disbelief or disgust.v. hum·bugged, hum·bug·ging, hum·bugs v.tr. To deceive or trick.v.intr. To practice deception or trickery.

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hum′bug′ger n.hum′bug′ger·y n.

humbug

(ˈhʌmˌbʌɡ) n1. a person or thing that tricks or deceives2. nonsense; rubbish3. (Cookery) Brit a hard boiled sweet, usually flavoured with peppermint and often having a striped patternvb, -bugs, -bugging or -buggedto cheat or deceive (someone)[C18: of unknown origin] ˈhumˌbugger n ˈhumˌbuggery n

hum•bug

(ˈhʌmˌbʌg)

n., v. -bugged, -bug•ging,
interj. n. 1. something intended to delude or deceive. 2. a quality of falseness, deception, or hypocrisy. 3. a person who is not what he or she claims to be. 4. meaningless or empty talk; nonsense. v.t. 5. to delude; deceive; trick. v.i. 6. to practice deception. interj. 7. nonsense! [1730–40; orig. uncertain] hum′bug`ger, n. hum′bug`ger•y, n.

humbug

Past participle: humbugged
Gerund: humbugging

Imperative
humbug
humbug

Present
I humbug
you humbug
he/she/it humbugs
we humbug
you humbug
they humbug

Preterite
I humbugged
you humbugged
he/she/it humbugged
we humbugged
you humbugged
they humbugged

Present Continuous
I am humbugging
you are humbugging
he/she/it is humbugging
we are humbugging
you are humbugging
they are humbugging

Present Perfect
I have humbugged
you have humbugged
he/she/it has humbugged
we have humbugged
you have humbugged
they have humbugged

Past Continuous
I was humbugging
you were humbugging
he/she/it was humbugging
we were humbugging
you were humbugging
they were humbugging

Past Perfect
I had humbugged
you had humbugged
he/she/it had humbugged
we had humbugged
you had humbugged
they had humbugged

Future
I will humbug
you will humbug
he/she/it will humbug
we will humbug
you will humbug
they will humbug

Future Perfect
I will have humbugged
you will have humbugged
he/she/it will have humbugged
we will have humbugged
you will have humbugged
they will have humbugged

Future Continuous
I will be humbugging
you will be humbugging
he/she/it will be humbugging
we will be humbugging
you will be humbugging
they will be humbugging

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been humbugging
you have been humbugging
he/she/it has been humbugging
we have been humbugging
you have been humbugging
they have been humbugging

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been humbugging
you will have been humbugging
he/she/it will have been humbugging
we will have been humbugging
you will have been humbugging
they will have been humbugging

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been humbugging
you had been humbugging
he/she/it had been humbugging
we had been humbugging
you had been humbugging
they had been humbugging

Conditional
I would humbug
you would humbug
he/she/it would humbug
we would humbug
you would humbug
they would humbug

Past Conditional
I would have humbugged
you would have humbugged
he/she/it would have humbugged
we would have humbugged
you would have humbugged
they would have humbugged

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	humbug - pretentious or silly talk or writingbaloney, bilgewater, boloney, bosh, drool, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle, taradiddle, tarradiddlehokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk - a message that seems to convey no meaningjargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
	2.	humbug - communication (written or spoken) intended to deceivesnake oildeception, misrepresentation, deceit - a misleading falsehood
	3.	humbug - something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantagedupery, hoax, put-on, fraud, fraudulencechicanery, wile, shenanigan, trickery, guile, chicane - the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)goldbrick - anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless
Verb	1.	humbug - trick or deceivecozen, deceive, delude, lead on - be false to; be dishonest with

humbug

noun nonsense, rubbish, trash, hypocrisy, cant, baloney (informal), claptrap (informal), quackery, eyewash (informal), charlatanry Britain's laws on homosexuality are hypocritical humbug.

humbug

nounOne who fakes:charlatan, fake, faker, fraud, impostor, mountebank, phony, pretender, quack.verbTo cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation:beguile, betray, bluff, cozen, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, fool, hoodwink, mislead, take in, trick.Informal: bamboozle, have.Slang: four-flush.Idioms: lead astray, play false, pull the wool over someone's eyes, put something over on, take for a ride.

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