Definisjon av humbug

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Noun

humbug - communication (written or spoken) intended to deceive
snake oil
humbug - something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage
fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, put-on
chicanery, wile, shenanigan, trickery, chicane, guile the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
humbug - pretentious or silly talk or writing
baloney, boloney, bilgewater, bosh, drool, taradiddle, tarradiddle, tommyrot, tosh, twaddle
hokum, nonsensicality, meaninglessness, nonsense, bunk the quality of having no value or significance; "he resented the meaninglessness of the tasks they assigned him"
argot, lingo, patois, slang, vernacular, jargon, cant a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard

Verb

humbug - trick or deceive
delude, deceive, lead on, cozen cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
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Substantiv

humbug - A hoax, prank or jest.
humbug - A fraud or sham.
humbug - A fraudster or cheat.
humbug - A type of chewy sweet.

Verb

humbug - To play a trick on.
humbug - To cheat, swindle.

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  • Humbug is an old term meaning hoax or jest. While the term was first described in 1751 as student slang, its etymology is unknown. Its present meaning as an exclamation is closer to 'nonsense' or 'gibberish', while as a noun, a humbug refers to a fraud or impostor, implying an element of unjustified publicity and spectacle.

Verb

  • Infinitiv: (to) humbug
  • Presens: humbug / humbugs
  • Preteritum: humbugged
  • Perfektum: (have) humbugged

Substantiv

  • Entall: humbug
  • Flertall: humbugs

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