nnoun.communicationpretentious or silly talk or writingDomain Usage:argotcantjargonlingopatoisslangvernacular
Synset:baloney bilgewater boloney bosh drool taradiddle tarradiddle tommyrot tosh twaddle
Derivationally Related Form:twaddle
Hypernyms:bunk hokum meaninglessness nonsense nonsensicality
Inherited Hypernyms:baloneynonsensemessagecommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.communicationcommunication (written or spoken) intended to deceiveSynset:snake oil
Hypernyms:deceit deception misrepresentation
Inherited Hypernyms:humbugmisrepresentationfalsehoodstatementmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
nnoun.actsomething intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantageSynset:dupery fraud fraudulence hoax put-on
Derivationally Related Form:dupefraudulenthumbugput onhoax
Hypernyms:chicane chicanery guile shenanigan trickery wile
Inherited Hypernyms:fraudtrickerydeceptionfalsificationwrongdoingactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:goldbrick
vverb.socialtrick or deceiveDerivationally Related Form:humbug
Hypernyms:cozen deceive delude lead on
Inherited Hypernyms:humbugdeceivevictimizewrongtreatinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Somebody ---s