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Humbug

noun
Word Frequency: 0.4

Definitions

1.nounA hoax, jest, or prank.
2.nounA fraud or sham (countable); hypocrisy (uncountable).
3.nounA fraudster, cheat, or hypocrite.
4.nounNonsense.
5.nounA type of hard sweet (candy), usually peppermint flavoured with a striped pattern.
6.nounAnything complicated, offensive, troublesome, unpleasant or worrying; a misunderstanding, especially if trivial.
7.noun(African American Vernacular) A fight.
8.noun(African American Vernacular) A gang.
9.nounA false arrest on trumped-up charges.
10.noun(Perhaps by extension) The piglet of the wild boar.
11.verbTo play a trick on someone, to cheat, to swindle, to deceive.
12.verb(African American Vernacular) To fight; to act tough.
13.verbTo waste time talking.
14.interjectionBalderdash!, nonsense!, rubbish!

Synonyms

twaddletommyrottarradiddleboshdrooltaradiddletoshbilgewaterboloneybaloneyshamdeception

Rhymes With

snugsmugslugbugplugjugtugsprig
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